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Coakley, Grossman release hiring stats Nate Homan

Hundreds turned out to A Celebration of Summer: The Donna Summer Memorial Roller Disco Tribute Party on City Hall Plaza in Boston. (Mayor’s Office photo by Jeremiah Robinson)

Senate votes to keep cap on charter school expansion Yawu Miller A push to lift the state’s cap on charter schools died in the State House last week with the Senate twice voting down compromise measures that would have opened the door to new charters and allowed existing schools to expand.

First, a bill sponsored by Senate Education Committee Chairwoman Sonia Chang-Diaz that would have tied charter school expansion to increased funding from the state was voted down 13 to 26.

Next, the Senate voted on a bill lifting the cap approved by the House with a resounding 9 to 30 vote, leaving one of this year’s most divisive issues to smolder until the next legislative session.

Charter school backers say they’re mulling a statewide ballot campaign in 2016.

“It’s all exploratory at this point, but there’s a lot of interest,” said Marc Kennen, executive director of the Mass Charter Public School Association. “It’s clear there’s no desire by the Senate to lift the cap.”

The charter school backers’ defeat in the Senate came after months of State House lobbying by charter school advocates and district school supporters. Chang-Diaz said she was lobbied by both sides, as well as by parents who had children in both charter and public schools.

“Charters are a part of the solution for our communities,” she said.

“But they’re not the whole solution, I was not willing to do a cap

lift without fixing the things that are broken.”

Charter schools are public schools that operate outside the control of the school districts where they are sited. They are regulated by the state and funded by the local school districts. Under the state law, when a student enrolls in a charter school, the local district must pay the charter to educate the student.

Under the Chapter 46 Act of 1997, the Commonwealth is required to pay school districts a partial reimbursement for the funds the district pays the charter schools. But with more than a decade of declining state revenue, the state has reneged on that obligation. charters, continued to page 19

al’s Office has a strong record of hiring both minority and female State Treasurer Steve Gross- attorneys. Under Martha’s leadman challenged Attorney Gen- ership and her strong team’s eferal Martha Coakley’s hiring forts, the Attorney General’s record for persons of color after Office has been a leader in standhighlighting his record of diver- ing up for equality and fairness sity hiring during a gubernatorial for people across the Commondebate in June. wealth.”

Last week, Coakley released Grossman’s office released numbers showing that 15.3 per- their new hires numbers from cent of the 855 hires from Jan- the Treasury from January 19, uary 1, 2007 to now have been 2011 to July 14, 2014. The staff minorities. Of the 576 current is made up of 108 white, 24 black, employees, 81 are minorities and 10 Hispanic, 15 Asian and two 312 are females, according to Native American people.

Coakley’s office.

The Lottery numbers for the I n c h a l l e n g i n g C o a k l e y, new hires at the Lottery broke Grossman down to 62 championed white, 21 h i s d i v e r s e “If the numbers black, 7 Hishiring record, are behind the panic, 13 Asian boasting a 35 and one Native percent hire Commonwealth American. I t rate for mi- population figures, it’s should be norities on noted that the his staff at the evident that this is not Lottery office Treasury and a major commitment has more longthe Lottery. jobs than to diversity and equity, term “The day I the Treasury was sworn in I given the critical office. promised the C o a k nature of the office.” people of Masl e y ’s d i s c l o sachusetts that — Louis Elisa s u r e c a m e I would hire after weeks of the most qualipressure from fied person for every job and that Grossman, who originally chalhiring at the Treasury would re- lenged her to release the figures flect the diversity of the society in a June debate. in which we live,” Grossman said “When seeking such a high in a press release. office in the Commonwealth, you “ A s A t t o r n e y G e n e r a l , need to be forthcoming about these Martha has actively worked to numbers,” former NAACP Presrecruit and retain a diverse work- ident Louis Elisa said. “You should force,” AG’s spokesman Brad not have to be challenged for them.

Puffer said.

Instead, you should be more than “She built up the office’s Di- happy to release them. If the numversity and Inclusion Committee, bers are behind the Commonwealth established fellowships to recruit population figures, it’s evident that attorneys of color, and does ex- this is not a major commitment to tensive outreach to law schools diversity and equity given the critical and minority bar associations.

Coakley continued to page 12 As a result, the Attorney Gener-

Report: Mass leads US in child well-being Nate Homan Years of public investment in early education, health care and child services have paid off for Massachusetts, Gov. Deval Patrick said Tuesday during a press conference announcing the state’s top ranking in a 50-state survey on child wellbeing by the Annie E. Casey Foundation KIDS COUNT project.

According to the report, 99 percent of children in the Commonwealth have access to health insurance. Massachusetts also leads the nation with a 47 per-

cent proficiency rate for fourth grade readers. While one third of Massachusetts’s children live in a household that is struggling to afford housing, the Bay State is home to the lowest child poverty rates in the United States.

“We have achieved this success and more thanks to a lot of hard work and collaboration from diverse partners throughout the state,” Governor Deval Patrick said in a press release. “I am proud of the progress Massachusetts has made in creating kids continued to page 12

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City’s new commercial farm zoning debuts in Roxbury

Mayor Walsh joined state and local leaders in announcing the transformation of a plot of land in Roxbury into an urban garden.

(Mayor’s Office photo by Jeremiah Robinson) Sandra Larson Residents of Roxbury’s Garrison-Trotter neighborhood joined with elected officials, city department chiefs, a host of nonprofit and for-profit organizations and a crew of newly-trained urban farmers July 11 to officially break ground at the first urban farm site launched under Article 89, Boston’s new commercial farming zoning statute.

Mayor Martin Walsh, who issued an official proclamation of July 11 as “Urban Agriculture Day” in Boston, spoke to an enthusiastic crowd jammed into a tent erected on 225 Harold Street, a former city-owned vacant lot.

“Make no mistake about it, this is a big day for Roxbury and a big day for Boston,” said Walsh. “This new farm will be productive in more ways than one. It will enable local farmers to become food entrepreneurs; it will increase this community’s access to nutritious food; and it will help give neighborhood children a better understanding of our natural environment and our economy.”

Article 89 was adopted by the City in December, after a process that included 18 Urban Agriculture Working Group meetings, eleven neighborhood meetings and multiple revisions, according to the City of Boston website.

The new zoning lifts restrictions on commercial farming within city limits and creates a permitting

process for urban farmers.

The Harold Street site is now poised to become productive farmland, thanks to a large network of agencies, individuals and organizations, including a partnership among the Trust for Public Land, Dudley Neighbors Inc. and the Urban Farming Institute to acquire and manage city farmland.

“The Trust for Public Land, an organization whose mission is to preserve land for public use, will purchase city-owned sites and arrange for fencing, new soil, grading and other work to make them farm-ready,” said Kevin Essington, TPL’s Massachusetts state manager. TPL will then transfer ownership of farm-ready sites to Dudley Neighbors Inc., the longstanding community land trust that owns 35 acres in Roxbury and Dorchester.

The Urban Farming Institute will train and select farmers and manage the sites. At the groundbreaking, UFI Executive Director Patricia Spence introduced a crew of trainees and UFI’s Bobby Walker, a neighborhood resident and “farmer trainer extraordinaire” who directs the 22-week training program.

Spence also put the new initiative in a historical context.

“In the 1940s my grandfather grew vegetables and fruit on Howland Street, and canned and pickled the excess,” she said. “Now we have a new wave of urban farmers, creating economic opportunity for

local Boston residents.”

In an interview, Spence emphasized that this initiative is not about gardening, but about viable farming businesses. She termed the new breed of urban commercial farmers “agri-preneurs,” who must present a business plan when they apply to lease farm sites managed by UFI. The Garrison-Trotter Farm is the first of three sites slated to become operational this year, said Essington; the others are on Callender Street in Mattapan and on Akron Street in Roxbury. TPL plans to acquire and prepare 12 farm lots over the next few years, he said, with the help of venture philanthropist funding.

Prior to Article 89, in 2011 the city created an Urban Overlay District that allowed early urban farms to be operated by City Growers and ReVision Urban Farm. UFI trainees are now honing their skills on City Growers plots, where they help grow produce that is sold to area restaurants and retail customers as well as to Camp Harbor View, a summer camp for city youth.

Spence credits City Growers co-founder Glynn Lloyd, who also founded Roxbury-based City Fresh Foods, as an important visionary for Boston urban farming. Lloyd’s frustration at having to buy produce grown 3,000 miles away when land and talent existed locally helped spark the rezoning process.

“I was buying Romaine lettuce from California,” Lloyd said “And I was noticing all these vacant lots nearby, five or six of them on Harold Street alone. I said, ‘what the heck is going on here? This land has been sitting for decades.’”

And so the glimmer of an idea was born, leading all the way to the triumphant July 11 groundbreaking.

One of the many challenges in urban farming is economics, said Lloyd, but with post-recession timing and a growing appreciation of local food, success has come into view.

“It’s a low margin, labor-intensive business,” he said. “But at the same time, the market has its arms open — more and more people want fresh and local. In Boston, you have a huge density of retailers who want this product.”

Department of Neighborhood Development Director Sheila Dillon said the city is looking at sites suitable for not only crop fields, but urban orchards. Though vacant lots are eyed for housing and other development as well, the city views neighborhoods comprehensively, she told the Banner.

“There are lots of benefits to the city,” Dillon said. “[Farms are] good for the environment.

They’ll provide fresh food for the neighborhoods. Hopefully, viable

Against the backdrop of the bustling Copley Square Farmers’ Market, returning Food Project farmers who have reached the ranks of “Dirt Crew” and “Root Crew” encouraged this year’s 78 new “Seed Crew” members to practice their team chants. Several teens spoke to the assembled crowd about what they’ve learned at The Food Project.

Kalise, a 16-year-old from Dorchester, recalled her first day of work in summer 2012, when she felt so dirty and exhausted, she didn’t know if she could possibly make it another six weeks. But she persisted, and before long gained a new awareness of the lack of fresh food in her city neighborhood.

“As I walked around my community, I noticed fast food restaurants on every corner,” she said.

“At the Food Project, I learned there are healthier choices all around us.”

Eventually, Kalise found herself able to answer questions about fresh greens, share recipes with visitors to the market stand and discuss sustainable agriculture. Now, she said, she is strongly committed to working with organizations that push her community forward.

“Right now in front of me are the future leaders of Boston,” Walsh told the teens. “You guys are awesome.”

“Now we have a new wave of urban farmers, creating economic opportunity for local Boston residents.”

— Patricia Spence

businesses will take hold. And it’s really good for children and young adults to see food being produced so close to their homes.”

The Food Project Hours earlier on Urban Agriculture Day, Walsh spoke to teen workers gathered in Copley Square for The Food Project’s 2014 opening day kickoff celebration. The Dorchester-based nonprofit farms 75 acres in Boston-area suburbs and in Roxbury, employing 100 high school students each summer to grow vegetables and distribute them at hunger relief organizations and farmers’ markets. The growers expect to produce 250,000 pounds of produce this year.

Besides farming skills, the Food Project training emphasizes civic engagement, community education, teamwork and public speaking.

The mayor shared his own experience as a youth visiting his grandparents in Ireland and helping them dig up potatoes and turnips, and told them the training they’re getting is far more than a summer job.

“You have no idea how important this program is to you and your future. It helps shape the person you are,” said Walsh. “Being out here in shorts and T-shirts and getting dirty, you’re not only learning about business, but you’re learning about the future of our economy, learning about healthy foods, and healthy living, and doing something extremely important for all of our survival.”

For more information on urban agriculture and farmer training in Boston, see http://www.cityofboston. gov/food/urbanag/ and http://ur banfarminginstitute.wordpress.com

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Gov. candidates spar over economy at RCC debate Nate Homan In the first post-convention gubernatorial debate held in Roxbury, State Treasurer Steve Grossman went on the offensive, attacking Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley over immigration policies.

The forum, held at Roxbury Community College, was focused on jobs and workforce development. When asked about immigrant access to job training and English as a second language training, Grossman took a shot at Coakley for supporting Secure Communities Act, a Department of Homeland Security program that identifies undocumented immigrants, and opposing the state giving driver’s licenses to undocumented immigrants.

“More than 50 percent of the people who have been deported have no criminal record. It tears families apart,” Grossman said.

“So to say you support immigrants when you’ve taken so many positions that are hostile towards them, to me, just doesn’t make any sense.”

In her response, Coakley cited support from former Boston Mayor Thomas Menino.

“I have championed for people in this country to be safe, have the opportunity to learn English,” she said. “When Secure Communities first came in, it was accepted

by Mayor Menino and [former Police] Chief Ed Davis. That city said ‘we want this here’ because it will make sure that the worst of the worst and the predators in those communities would be removed.”

Coakley went on to say that she did not support the act if it had lost its mission, but did not say whether or not she felt it had.

“If Mayor Walsh and [Somerville] Mayor [John] Curtatone and their police chiefs don’t think it’s keeping people safe, then I don’t support it either. I did oppose, five years ago, the driver’s license issue because we do not have a federal solution here in Massachusetts. I have an open mind about how Massachusetts can, looking at other states, work with immigrant communities and see how other models work in order to give people driver’s licenses.”

Other candidates signaled their support for immigrant rights while staying out of the combat between Grossman and Coakley.

Democratic candidate Don Berwick echoed the need to assimilate immigrants into the education field and the workforce, saying that immigrants have started 61 percent of the new businesses in Massachusetts. He said that training programs are in dire need of reform, citing the 20,000-person waiting list for English classes as well as the societal

attitude towards new arrivals.

“Everything we’re talking about with immigrants pertains to human rights: Equity and justice,” Berwick said. “The way we deal with the immigrant community is a test of our moral fiber.

We have to fight like the dickens against the misclassification of workers. It is ugly.”

Independent candidates Jeff McCormick and Evan Falchuk joined Berwick, Grossman and Coakley in discussing strategies for growing a skilled workforce should they be elected governor.

The candidates agreed on the importance of boosting business and government efforts to help low-income and low-skill workers have better access to education and job training partnerships between community colleges, vocational-technical schools.

Coakley highlighted the partnership between Bunker Hill Community College and EMC and Worcester Polytechnic Institute and National Grid as examples of local schools and big businesses preparing an incoming workforce for real life job training.

Grossman went after the high number of unpaid internships, saying he would like to “create 5,000 paid internships for college students in Massachusetts, 50 percent paid for by the state, 50 percent paid for by the business community. I’m going to chal-

lenge the business community to step up to the plate.”

Falchuk, founder of the United Independent Party, said that the cost of living in Massachusetts is too high because of the high healthcare costs.

“These costs are driven by the monopolistic consolidation of hospitals into giant systems and because we do not construct starter homes for people to live in in any real numbers.”

Falchuk said that lowering the cost of living is essential to creating new jobs because it puts more money in people’s pockets.

Independent Jeff McCormick said his mission is to attack the root of the achievement gap in education in order to grow a better workforce.

“When I found out that the debate, continued to page 19

Left to right: Don Berwick (D), Evan Falchuk (I) Martha Coakley (D), Steve Grossman (D), Jeff McCormick (I) talked about the Massachusetts economy under their governorship at Roxbury Community College. (Banner photo)

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The exculpation of the well-to-do When the American banking system collapsed in 2008, Congress concluded that the large banks were “too big to fail.” The consequences of failure would be too destructive to the nation’s economy.

So Congress approved a rescue strategy called the Troubled Asset Relief Program that provided $245 billion to enable banks to recover. Now, according to journalist Matt Taibbi, this rationale has been extended to excuse the criminal conduct of bankers and their banks because of a similar concern for “collateral consequences.”

Many Americans are concerned that the nation’s income disparity will destroy the middle class. But an even greater loss than the higher standard of living is the corruption of the justice system by the wealthy. In a despotic regime, those in power use the judicial system to impose their authority on others. In the American democracy there is supposed to be “freedom and justice for all.” This means that the laws governing criminal misconduct should apply equally to a beggar or a millionaire.

In her book “The New Jim Crow,” Michelle Alexander demonstrates persuasively how the criminal justice system and imprisonment discriminate against African Americans. Taibbi asserts in his book “The Divide: American Injustice in the Age of the Wealth Gap,” that the policy of “collateral consequences” has enabled the oligarchs or their minions to walk away from horrendous conduct without so much as a criminal blemish on their reputations.

However, the criminal law was not so forgiving of the misdeeds of ordinary citizens. Although the rate of violent crime in the U.S. had dropped by 15.4 percent between 2007 and 2011, the rate of imprisonment still remained the highest in the world. In 2010 the U.S. rate of incarceration was 500 prisoners per 100,000 residents. This is about five times greater than the rate in other industrialized nations.

Black men are incarcerated at an even higher rate, 3,074 per 100,000 residents. There seems to

be little concern about the “collateral consequences” of removing a black father from his family. His children and his spouse then have to find ways to survive without the father’s support, but that is not a factor that a prosecutor considers.

Under the doctrine of “collateral consequences” in corporate prosecutions “prosecutors may take into account the possible substantial consequences to a corporation’s officers, directors, employees and shareholders…,” according to Attorney General Eric Holder. Major corporations are thus permitted to pay a fine for misdeeds that would require the incarceration of an ordinary citizen. Furthermore, the money comes from corporate funds and no individual gets a criminal record.

The misdeeds cited by Taibbi included the issuance of fraudulent mortgages, money laundering, fraudulent adjustment of the index rate for some variable interest rate loans (Libor rate) and alleged defrauding of the creditors in the Lehman bankruptcy. Not one banker who was complicit went to jail.

While major banks involved in laundering drug money were excused, the number of arrests for marijuana possession increased ten-fold in New York. The policies of William Bratton, the former New York police commissioner, had led to a dramatic reduction in crime. That created a problem for the NYPD because there was no overtime or a list of arrests to enhance a police officer’s record for promotion.

The stop-and-frisk policy employed after Bratton’s departure was allegedly to find guns, but the policy was continued even after few guns were found. Police recorded 684,725 stops in 2011, with 88 percent of those searched either black or Hispanic, and only 0.02 percent of the stops secured guns.

Blacks and the poor suffer extraordinary abuse in the criminal justice system. Corporate executives with talented, high priced lawyers, avoid such inconvenience. The nation is clearly developing a two-tier criminal justice system.

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Kudos to the Banner for highlighting the MBTA police officer whose racist and spelling-challenged Facebook rant raised dander in the black community. I think the newsmedia needs to look more deeply into issues of race and policing at the MBTA. First of all, in the Banner article we learn that 67 of the 182 officers on the MBTA’s police force are people of color – 36 percent. Of those 67, surely some of the officers, be they black or Hispanic, must live in Roxbury, have family in Roxbury, or have at some point in their lives lived in the neighborhood. How the hell they let their colleague publicly post a racist statement ostensibly about black people and about Roxbury is beyond me. I can’t imagine any officers of color would feel comfortable riding in a cruiser with an officer who looks down on their community. And it gives me little comfort to know that

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OPINION Small Businesses Want Minimum Wage Increase Holly Sklar If Congress actually listened to small business owners, the minimum wage would be going up. Instead, July 24 will mark five years without an increase since the federal minimum wage was set at $7.25 an hour in 2009.

Small business livelihoods depend on revenue, not rhetoric. Small business owners know there’s a problem when median household income is lower than it was in 2009, adjusted for inflation, but the Dow Jones stock index has soared to record highs — nearly doubling since July 24, 2009.

Businesses rely on consumer spending and consumer spending depends heavily on wages. The minimum wage sets the floor under worker paychecks. At $7.25 an hour, the federal minimum wage comes to just $15,080 a year for full-time work.

Businesses need customers who can afford what they are selling.

When a growing number of workers can’t make ends meet, it weakens consumer demand and hurts business.

Small business owners strongly support increasing the federal minimum wage to $10.10, according to a new national poll of small businesses with employees. A striking 61 percent of small business employers favor gradually increasing the federal minimum wage to $10.10 over two and a half years, and then adjusting it annually to keep pace with the cost of living.

Small business support for raising the federal minimum wage is strong across the country. Employers favor raising the minimum wage to $10.10 with a 67 percent majority in the Northeast, 61 percent in the Midwest, 60 percent in the West and 58 percent in the South.

Small business owners expect a higher minimum wage to increase consumer purchasing power and help the economy. They also expect it to reduce employee turnover and boost productivity and customer A higher minimum satisfaction.

The scientific nationally rep- wage will increase resentative opinion poll of small sales at local business employers was conducted businesses and reduce

by Lake Research Partners and rethe strain on our leased by the American Sustainable Business Council and Business for social safety net and a Fair Minimum Wage. More of our communities the small business respondents caused by inadequate identified themselves as Republiwages. can than either Democrat or Independent.

Eric Henry, President of TS Designs, an apparel business in Burlington, North Carolina, said in commenting on the poll findings, “From over 30 years in business, I know firsthand that investing in employees is the best investment a business can make. We need our government to raise the minimum wage so that all workers can make a living and businesses have the stronger customer base we need to create lasting homegrown jobs and profitability. And by automatically adjusting the minimum wage for the cost of living in future years, we will assure it doesn’t again erode and undermine our economy.”

At its inflation-adjusted high point in 1968, the minimum wage was worth $10.94 in today’s dollars. Those were the days when you could work your way through college and not come out with tens of thousands of dollars in debt. American families were upwardly mobile, not downwardly mobile.

We cannot build a strong economy on a falling wage floor.

Low-income workers spend their dollars on Main Street, not Wall Street. A higher minimum wage will increase sales at local businesses and reduce the strain on our social safety net and our communities caused by inadequate wages.

“Workers who make a part-time wage while working full time, are not able to support their families or be a good customer base for local businesses in their neighborhoods, towns or cities,” said Robert Olson, owner of Olson & Associates in Springfield, Illinois. “Raising the minimum wage is a common sense first-step solution to building a healthy local economy.”

Most small business owners, like most Americans, support a minimum wage increase. Five years without a raise is already too long.

Holly Sklar is the CEO of Business for a Fair Minimum Wage

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Why do you think the United States has the highest incarceration rate in the world?

I don’t think people care. They’re not looking for a real solution.

They send people to prison, but don’t deal with the underlying issue: People don’t have job skills.

There’s no level playing field. Everybody in the U.S. doesn’t get a chance. Prison is a warehouse for minorities. There’s no education in prison. Just basketball and weights.

A lot of people are being held hostage by their past. If you do time, there’s no opportunity when you get out. America doesn’t let you move on.

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Lack of education and employment opportunities. People are frustrated and they commit crimes.

Because people do things out of desperation. A lot of people are committing crimes to survive.

There is so much crime these days.

There are more people being arrested.

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Karen Charles-Peterson Karen Charles-Peterson has been appointed commissioner of the Department of Telecommunications and Cable by Governor Deval L. Patrick.

The longtime government administrator was tapped by Patrick last week to head the agency that oversees telecommunication regulations and policies for the Commonwealth.

Charles-Peterson formerly served as chief of staff for the agency.

“I am pleased that the governor selected me to provide leadership for the agency. I look forward to implementing Governor Patrick’s vision and providing the residents of the state quality services that are in their best interest,” said Charles-Peterson.

“This is a huge honor. Serving the residents of the state humbles me.

I promise to give the state my best efforts and provide clear, consistent direction,” she added Charles-Peterson was former chief-of-staff for the Registry of Motor Vehicles and acting chief-of staff for the Department of Transportation and the MBTA.

A Dorchester resident, Charles-Peterson is a longtime civic activist. She is a member of the Ward 15 Democrat Committee. She has also served as a board member of the Advent School on Beacon Hill and for The Center for Women in Politics at UMass Boston.

She ran for state representative for the 5th Suffolk District in Dorchester in a special election earlier this year.

A recipient of the Wonder Woman award from the Massachusetts Wom-

en’s Political Caucus, Charles-Peterson is the former president of the Conference of Minority Transportations Officials. She worked as a producer for the Emily Rooney Show on WGHB and was a member of the Boston Association of Black Journalists.

Charles-Peterson is a graduate of Suffolk University and attended Suffolk Law School. She is a member of Grace Church of All Nations in Dorchester and lives on Meeting House Hill.

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Tompkins, Arroyo campaigning together

Suffolk County Sheriff Steve Tompkins and former City Councilor Felix D. Arroyo, a candidate for the office of Suffolk County Register of Probate and Family Court, have entered an alliance with joint appearances on the campaign trail.

Each has produced campaign literature that includes the other’s name and image.

Tompkins says the alliance makes sense, given both campaigns cover the same geographical area.

“Felix senior and I represent all of Suffolk County and we see our combined efforts as an opportunity to present a unified message regarding public safety and concern for the issues that impact family life for the residents in the municipalities that we serve,” he commented.

Arroyo said the alliance fits into a broader historical context of black/Latino political collaboration – noting that he, Jean McGuire and John O’Bryant campaigned together for the Boston School Committee in the 1980s.

“The issues that affect the black community affect the Latino community as well,” he said. “We’re natural allies.”

Arroyo also teamed up with

the campaigns of councilors Chuck Turner, Charles Yancey and Sam Yoon in the 2000s as part of a political grouping called Team Unity, a move that sometimes ruffled the feathers of white councilors, but helped the candidates amplify their votes in their respective communities.

The black/Latino collaboration also extends back to the Legislative Black Caucus’ re-drawing of the 5th Suffolk District in the ’80s, a move that helped Nelson Merced become the first Latino to serve in the state Legislature.

“Latinos need to learn the history of the black community because that’s the history we are inserting ourselves into in this city,” Arroyo said.

Honduras and El Salvador – to flee rampant violence. The children currently in detention will either be reunited with family members living in the United States or deported.

Patrick has proposed housing the children either at the Joint Base Cape Cod in Bourne or the Westover Air Base in Chicopee.

“While the reasons for this surge of new arrivals still need to be understood and addressed, and the debate over immigration reform continues, it bears remembering that these are children alone in a foreign land,”

Patrick said in a press conference last week. “They will need age-appropriate toys and books.

They will also need the company of responsible adults, especially those who speak Spanish. As a parent and as one who has himself been a stranger in a strange land, I know this will matter.”

The governor’s plan to house the children in Massachusetts has drawn fire from Republicans, who object housing the immigrants in here. Patrick also drew fire for likening the children to Jewish refugees fleeing violence in Nazi Germany.

“Once, in 1939, we turned our backs on Jewish children fleeing the Nazis, and it remains a blight on our national reputation,” he said. “The point is that this good Nation is great when we open our doors and our hearts to needy children, and diminished when we don’t.”

Seekonk Republican Steven Howitt objected to the comparison in a Boston Herald interview “I just feel that one does not equate one to the other, and to compare Central America to Nazi Germany is just ludicrous,” Howitt told the Herald.

Governor to take in child refugees Su rro u nd ed by r eligious leaders, Gov. Deval Patrick announced last week that the Commonwealth will provide shelter for undocumented children who have traveled from Central America across the U.S. border and are now locked up in overcrowded detention facilities. Massachusetts will provide 90,000 square feet of space for up to 1,000 of the child detainees, according to Patrick.

The detainees are part of a wave of more than 60,000 who have left Central American countries in recent years – primarily

Governor Deval Patrick signs a bill at the Metropolitan in Chinatown describing legislation for a bilingual ballot.

(Photo: Eric Haynes / Governor’s Office)

A Decade of Success, a Solid Future Ahead MCCA’s record sales numbers promise big economic return for Boston

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h e n w e o pe n e d the Boston Convention & Exhibition Center 10 years ago, we were confident in our belief that Boston could compete as a world class meetings and conventions destination. For the last decade, we have been putting that bold vision to work by bringing some of the world’s most important events to Boston, all with the mission of creating economic activity for Boston and the Commonwealth.

In June, we celebrated the 10th Anniversary of the BCEC and Boston’s arrival as a leading meetings city, toasting to a decade of success that includes generating: ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆

5,300 jobs annually 2,400 events 7.2 million attendees 5.2 million hotel room night stays, and ◆ $5.3 billion in economic activity While we celebrate this success, rest assured that our hard work driving Boston forward as a leading events destination continues.

In fact, we are continuing to break records when it comes to booking events in Boston.

In June 2014 our sales team booked 38

future events, shattering a previous best month record of 30 events booked in December 2005. The events we signed in June are expected to generate more than 470,000 future hotel room nights, besting the December 2007 previous high of 435,484 room nights by 8.5%.

Overall in FY 2014, the MCCA booked 98 future events at the BCEC and the Hynes Convention Center, including 61 city-wide conventions with more than 1,000 room nights each. These events will take place as soon as this year and as far out as 2032, and are expected to generate more than 798,000 hotel room nights for Boston.

Included in our FY 2014 bookings is the Penny Arcade Expo (PAX East), the largest video gaming event in the Northeast. PAX extended their existing contract by five years to keep the show in Boston through 2028, which means at least 14 more years of full restaurants, taxi cabs and hotels when these gamers take over Boston.

nomic impact when they come to our city— international attendees are more likely to stay longer and spend at least three times as much as domestic visitors. One of these international events is the Harley-Davidson Summer Dealer Meeting scheduled for August 2016, expected to generate more than 11,000 hotel room nights and attract dealers and distributors from around the world with a 40% international attendance.

T

he meetings industry is a word-ofmouth industry, and our reputation for exceptional and knowledgeable customer service has put Boston in high demand among the world’s top meeting planners. In addition, the talk of our BCEC expansion and our work to add more hotel rooms in the South Boston Waterfront has created a Boston buzz in the industry.

The 98 events we signed in FY 2014 do not include those events that have said they want to come to Boston, but can only come if we expand the BCEC and/or add an additional headquarters hotel in the Nine of the future events booked are Waterfront. These planners have signed international events and will draw sub- “contingency contracts” that would account stantial attendance from around the world. for an additional 328,737 future hotel room International events drive increased eco- nights throughout Boston.

Boston’s popularity among planners is a tribute to its presence in today’s international knowledge-based economy. When we recruit events, we tout Boston’s wellknown history and unique neighborhoods full of culture. But we also showcase the new Boston, renowned for innovation and technology, for its leading academic and financial institutions and for setting the standard when it comes to medical care and research in life sciences. This reputation makes it easy for us to sell Boston as the place for thought leaders from around the world—and right here in our backyard—to connect, network and bring new ideas to life.

With plans for smart growth at our convention centers, and a city that has earned its place as a premier meetings destination, we look forward to reporting many more success stories like this one for years to come.

James E. Rooney Executive Director Massachusetts Convention Center Authority massconvention.com

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Protesters picket Roxbury Tropical Foods development Nate Homan Protesters are holding a daily picket outside of the Tropical Foods supermarket on Washington Street, where Madison Park Community Development Corporation is rebuilding and expanding the supermarket, alleging workers are being paid substandard wages.

The $15 million project for Parcel 10 is in the first phase of a multistep development that will make a new home for the existing Tropical Foods along with ground-floor retail space, office space, 30 residential units and parking spaces in the Melnea Cass Boulevard, Washington Street and Shawmut Avenue area. The parking lot of the site is under union construction, but the structure to house the market is not.

The protesters claim that local laborers working on the store structure are being paid unfair

own wages. There was no schedule of wages.”

Pinado said that the more realistic wage is closer to $35 an hour, but there is a wide pay range. Pinado said that a misunderstanding in the early goings lead to the beginning of the conflict, when a worker walked onto the job site and was paid $11 an hour.

“Once we heard about this, we told the subcontractor to go back and retroactively pay that person on a $15 an hour scale,” Pinado said. Pinado said that this was a one-time occurrence, but Boston Workers Alliance Campaign Coordinator Hakim Cunningham said that there have been at least five similar instances.

“A lot of non-union workers have been told not to talk to protesters,” Cunningham said.

“There are a lot of different layers of decision making that are putting our community at a disadvantage because we aren’t get-

“We’re operating, as of July 8, at 55 percent minority, 36 percent Boston residents and 5.3 percent females,” Pinado said. “These aren’t up to the standards yet, but given the constrained labor numbers, those are good standings.

Things are heading in the right direction there.”

Flint said that the community hiring is lacking, especially in the female numbers.

“People are being brought in from out of town to work this job,” Flint said. “Our community is tired of this. We see the construction, the roadwork, the cranes and the buildings going up. People are being gentrified out of the community and when they are struggling to get jobs that are going on in their neighborhoods, how can they afford to stay in the community with the sky high rents?”

Pinado said that in the last three years, Madison Park has overseen a large number of construction contracts, and the purchasing has mostly gone to minority owned businesses.

“We have a lot in common with these groups who’re out there protesting,” Pinado said. “We all

want to work good jobs for livable wages. I think a few instances have been used against us for another agenda.”

Flint said that a sit-down between Madison Park and the protesting groups and Boston City Councilor Tito Jackson has been set for Wednesday morning at the B2 district police station.

“We’re trying to get the community to get more involved in what’s going on in their backyards,” Flint said. “I don’t know if people are in denial or what, but pretty soon people won’t be able to afford to live where they grew up. Things are changing down in Dudley Square and it doesn’t seem to be to the black families benefits.”

“By not hiring people from the communities, they’re taking food off the plates of families from Roxbury, Dorchester and Mattapan.”

— Hakim Cunningham Protesters picket outside of the Tropical Foods construction site on Washington Street in Roxbury daily from 7 to 9 a.m. (Banner photo)

wages and that the project is not in compliance with the Boston Residency Job Policy.

“Tropical Foods and Madison Park said they would pay workers $50 an hour for non-union rate,” Black Economic Justice Institute program director Pricilla Flint said.

“They aren’t paying the wages they promised when they filled out the request for proposal, which is not acceptable.”

Madison Park Chief Executive Officer Jeanne Pinado said the $50 an hour was used as a total labor cost figure.

“That number was probably too high and we probably shouldn’t have used it,” Pinado said. “I think community members were surprised to find that the site is an open shop job, so each contractor pays people their

ting what we were promised.”

Another qualm protesters have is the question of whether or not the development project is in compliance with the Boston Resident Job Policy, which requires developers to hire construction crews made up of 50 percent Boston residents, 25 percent minorities, and 10 percent females.

“A lot of subcontractors have their own crews, so if you’re from Lawrence, Lowell, Fall River or somewhere outside of Boston, you bring your people in with you,” Cunningham said. “By not hiring people from the communities, they’re taking food off the plates of families from Roxbury, Dorchester and Mattapan.”

Pinado said that the project is in compliance with the Resident Job Policy to the best of their capabilities.

PUBLIC NOTICE The Project Selection Advisory Council, as established under Section 11 of Chapter 46 of the Act of 2013, will hold a public hearing on Tuesday, July 29, 2014 from 11:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. at the 10 Park Plaza, 2nd Floor, Conference Room 2/3, Boston, MA. This meeting is accessible to people with disabilities and those with limited English proficiency. To request accessibility accommodations and/or language services please contact Scott Hamwey by Friday, July 25, 2 014 at scott.hamwey@state.ma.us or 857-368-8857.

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Walsh initiative encourages immigrant civic engagement Rominda deBarros Mayor Martin Walsh announced last week the launching of the New Bostonians Fellowship Program, an initiative that will support immigration integration in the Boston community.

The program is part of a series of initiatives, including the New Bostonians Summit Initiative and English for New Bostonians Program, under the Mayor’s Office of New Bostonians. The mayor also announced the city’s partic-

the city socially, economically and politically,” said Alejandra St. Guillen, director of the Mayor’s Office of New Bostonians.

As a part of the new three-year initiative the Fellowship Program will select a staff member to aid in expanding and promoting successful welcoming and empowering initiatives within Boston’s residential communities.

The program is currently seeking fellows to oversee program objectives such as facilitating a vision-wide process for im-

nomic and civic life of the city, according to the Mayor’s Office.

The Fellowship will help research and implement successful immigration integration best practices, develop a campaign to help change the rhetoric about immigrants and increase engagement and partner with organizations to facilitate workshops that offer leadership training for

achieving more active roles in decision-making bodies, according to the Mayor’s Office press release.

Similar to Mayor Walsh’s civic academies, the Fellowship program will also cultivate leaders within Boston communities and make local government more accessible to them. By connecting with other cities and sharing practices, such as the Welcoming American National Association, the city will have the opportunity to tap into expertise resources that will help in improving the program.

“We want immigration integration to be an inclusive process,” said Guillen. “By setting up leadership academies that

target specific topics both newcomer and native populations will understand community process and provide the program with input since we are still in our developing stages.”

Established in 1988 by former Mayor Thomas Menino, the Mayor’s Office of New Bostonians was created to meet the needs of the growing and changing immigrant and newcomer communities in Boston.

If you desire liberation, purge darkness from your heart.

Banish the agitation of pride.

Through the practice of meditation, become increasingly pure.

Make your life taintless.

— Swami Muktananda

“For the past five years the Office of New Bostonians has been thinking about how newcomers can become invested in the city socially, economically and politically.”

—Alejandra St. Guillen

ipation in The Welcoming City Project and his support of An Act Relative to the Preparation of Certain Bilingual Ballots in the City of Boston, both of which are aimed at promoting civic engagement in immigrant communities.

“For the past five years the Office of New Bostonians has been thinking about how newcomers can become invested in

migration integration, launching a city-wide media and public relations campaign and partnering with other nonprofits.

The Program overall will act as a welcoming entity by helping to develop an innovative action plan and generate awareness and support for the city’s efforts to empower immigrants to fully participate in the social, eco-

Festival Betances, the annual cultural festival held in the Villa Victoria public housing development, drew hundreds of celebrants for a parade (pictured), live music and dance perfomances. (Banner photo)

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Aesthetician trades shop for online skin care business Kassmin Williams When Rosaline Lowe opened Rosaline’s Skin Care and Spa more than 20 years ago, the aesthetician had a goal to serve a diverse clientele.

Lowe says she has met that goal, but after decades of working in a bricks-and-mortar business, she made the decision to close her business and serve her diverse group of clients and others in a new way.

Lowe released her skincare book “Skinversity: A Guide to Treating All Skin Types” last February and established a website, skinversity. com, where her skin products and the book is sold and a blog site, skinversity.wordpress.com, where she shares tips on the various types of skincare products and provides tips on caring for skin during the changing seasons.

As mentioned in the title, the book provides skin care tips for all skin types and explains the specific challenges African Americans, Asians and Caucasians can face with their skin.

“The book is really based on my experience treating every skin type,” Lowe said.

Lowe decided to write “Skinversity” after being pushed by her clients due to her experience working with clients from different ethnicities.

“There’s so much conflicting information out there on how to care for skin. What you should or

shouldn’t do. What you should use,” Lowe said. “I think people are so confused. The book really gives a clear description of what people of color, or Caucasians or Asians should know about their skin type to be prepared to go out there and buy the right products.”

The 16-chapter book also includes information on the common ingredients found in skincare products, anti-aging techniques, a step-by-step guide on how to analyze skin and habits that result in healthy skin.

Lowe made the decision to brand her own line of skincare products, which existed long before the book, to coincide with the name of the book.

The Skinversity products— which are free of parabens, mineral oil and lanolin, according to the skinversity.com—accompany an online questionnaire where customers can evaluate their skin to determine which of the products would be best.

For Lowe, the transition from a brick and mortar business to an online business has its positives and negatives.

Lowe, who said she began to feel burnt out by the business, made the decision to close her spa three years ago.

“I was really beginning to feel like ‘gosh, what do I have left to share with my clients?’” Lowe said. “And even though, seeing the number of years [I spent in the busi-

ness] I’ve built up a good reputation, I didn’t feel as though there was anything left or anything new and exciting within the spa business that I could utilize in my spa that would make me continue to move on in the field of aesthetics.”

When Lowe first closed the spa, she struggled with the lack of dayto-day interaction with clients.

“I missed getting up in the morning, getting dressed and coming into the spa and coming into contact with clients all the time, having the conversation and seeing people every few months or every few weeks,” Lowe said.

Lowe was able to counter the isolation by treating some of her clients at a clinic in Coolidge Corner once or twice a month.

The upside of running an online business for Lowe is the level of flexibility; something she said was hard to come by as a bricks-and-mortar business owner.

“If I were invited to a networking event, let’s say 7 to 9 on a Thursday, it would be very difficult for me to get out of the spa if I had clients that were already previously booked,” Lowe said. “That means I’d have to call them and say ‘can you come in another day or another week?’ and sometimes people don’t like when you start changing your schedule.”

Regardless of the pros and cons, Lowe said she has not looked back and doesn’t regret her decision to change her direction a bit.

She admits that she still consid-

Boston aesthetician Rosaline Lowe recently closed her spa, launched an online business and released a book focused on treating different skin types. ers herself in transition despite the launch of her website and release of “Skinversity.”

Next on her quest to educate on skincare is holding workshops.

Lowe said she is partnering with a nutritionist to hold workshops, starting in the fall, to talk about skin and nutrition and how both work well together.

“The first workshop is at the Brookline Center for Adult Education in October,” Lowe said.

Lowe not only has the work experience and education to teach about skincare, but Lowe had her own personal experience that ultimately led to aesthetician career.

While studying social work at Concordia University in Canada, Lowe’s mother took ill and died suddenly in Grenada, West Indies.

She returned to her homeland for a few months and upon returning to Canada, Lowe suffered from an extreme skin breakout.

Searching for answers, Lowe visited a dermatologist who couldn’t offer an explanation, but prescribed a cream that only dried her skin.

Through the suggestion from a friend, Lowe visited an aesthetician that recommended products that cleared her skin in a couple of months.

“I just thought to myself ‘this is great. I would like to do this. I’d be good at this,’” Lowe said.

“Skinversity: A Guide to Treating All Skin Types” can be purchased at Brookline Booksmith in Coolidge Corner, Frugal Bookstore in Roxbury, Amazon.com and skin versity.com.

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Clyburn biography reveals history of influential solon

Assistant Majority Leader James Clyburn, the first African American to represent South Carolina since reconstruction, has become one of the most powerful Democrats in the House.

Kam Williams Whenever House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) calls a press conference, she is invariably accompanied at the podium by the next two ranking Democrats, namely, Minority Whip Steny Hoyer and Assistant

Leader James Clyburn.

Clyburn is a very visible and important historical figure as the first African-American to represent South Carolina in the House of Representatives since Reconstruction.

During his tenure there, he has also done stints as Major-

ity Whip and as chairman of the Congressional Black Caucus.

Still, not much has been known about his private life prior to the publication of “Blessed Experiences: Genuinely Southern, Proudly Black,” an intimate autobiography which leaves you with a lasting impression of just who Representative Clyburn is as a person.

We learn here that he was born on July 21, 1940 in Sumter, South Carolina, the eldest son of Reverend Enos and Almeta Clyburn, a fundamentalist minister and beautician, respectively. A versatile talent, James played not only on his high school’s baseball and football teams, but played the clarinet and saxophone in school bands, and starred as the leading man in a school play.

At South Carolina State College, where he majored in history, he joined both a dance and theater troupe. Of far more consequence, however, he was arrested and convicted during his junior year as a member of the Orangeburg Seven, the student leaders who had organized a demonstration against segregated lunch counters.

With social activism and a dedication to justice thus seared into his bones, it is no surprise that he would eventually settle on a career in politics. Along the way, he met his life mate, Emily, to whom he has been married

since 1961. They have three daughters, Angela, Mignon and Jennifer, two sons-in-law, and three grandchildren.

Besides focusing on family and his considerable achievements in Congress, Clyburn talks at great length about his deep roots in South Carolina. He con-

gious man who is not above relying on Biblical verses for strength during times of adversity. That helps explain why he generously credits his success to “God’s good graces, several strokes of good luck, a caring and nurturing family, and a plethora of loyal and supportive friends.”

Clyburn is a very visible and important historical figure as the first African-American to represent South Carolina in the House of Representatives since Reconstruction.

siders the black Southern experience to be as deserving of recognition and respect as that of whites, which helps explain why he spearheaded the compromise whereby the Confederate battle flag was removed from the dome of the State of South Carolina’s capitol building.

Through it all, he has remained a humble and deeply reli-

A most welcome memoir by a remarkable role model of unquestioned character.

“Blessed Experiences: Genuinely Southern, Proudly Black”

by Congressman James E. Clyburn (D-SC), Foreword by Alfre Woodard, University of South Carolina Press, Hardcover, $34.95, 386 pages, Illustrated

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Alabama judge blasts school board on desegregation Nikole Hannah-Jones A federal judge in Alabama has taken the rare step of ruling against a local school board in a desegregation case, rejecting the board’s claims that it had done all it could to end segregation in its schools.

In a lengthy, at times scathing ruling issued last month, U.S. District Court Judge Madeline Hughes Haikala said she could not “conclusively” determine that the Huntsville City Schools District wasn’t still operating an unconstitutionally segregated system or that it had made a “good faith effort” to significantly integrate its schools. As a result, Haikala refused to approve a student assignment plan that had been proposed by the Huntsville school board.

The Huntsville ruling is important, both because the district is racially diverse and because it is the largest in the state still under federal mandate to desegregate.

In May, ProPublica published a story showing the state of inaction and confusion surrounding scores of federal school desegregation orders, the once-powerful tool for compelling school districts across the country to provide equal educational opportunities to students of color. Many of the orders had been allowed to sit dormant for decades, often with no one monitoring school officials to make sure they were complying with federal mandates to integrate. And in many other instances, judges had routinely lifted existing orders even when those districts remained highly segregated.

For some parents and civil rights lawyers, the inaction and allegedly one-sided decisions amounted to an abdication of responsibility by the country’s federal bench.

In Alabama, however, two fed-

eral judges, Judges Myron Thompson and William Harold Albritton III, had bucked the trend, refusing to see the decades-old orders as relics that should simply be brought to a close. And now, it looks like those two judges may have company.

“Until the board achieves the goal” of eliminating “segregation to the extent practicable,” Haikala wrote. “The Court must continue to supervise the Board’s efforts.”

In April, ProPublica chronicled the fortunes of the school district in Tuscaloosa, Ala. There, the city’s schools, after years of successful integration, had effectively been re-segregated after the district had won its freedom from a longstanding court order. ProPublica’s reporting showed that the re-segregation that had happened in Tuscaloosa was happening in school districts throughout the nation.

Huntsville’s schools have been under court order since 1965.

Though the district itself is racially balanced, most of the district’s schools are either heavily white or heavily black. A new zoning plan proposed by the board in 2013 would have increased segregation for many black students.

The U.S. Department of Justice, a party to the case, objected to the assignment plan and in February the dispute landed before Haikala, who’d been appointed to the bench by President Obama in 2012.

In the judge’s 107-page ruling, she blasted school officials for failing to provide required reports on the district’s integration progress for two decades. She also criticized the Justice Department for failing to be “proactive” and to “keep an eye on” the marked disparities in schools serving mostly white children and those serving mostly black ones.

Huntsville officials, in response

to an interview request, released a statement to ProPublica, stating that as a result of the order, the district intended to work with the U.S. Department of Justice “to create a roadmap” to satisfy the judge’s demands and ultimately gain “the return of control of Huntsville City Schools to local officials.”

Justice Department officials did not respond to an interview request before publication.

Huntsville officials, as is common in these cases, argued that their schools had been fully desegregated for years. Any enduring segregation or other inequities, they argued, had to do with housing patterns and other forces outside of their control.

These arguments, ProPublica’s reporting shows, have often proved successful before federal judges.

But Haikala wasn’t persuaded.

“The record in this case is not as clear as the Board suggests, and the fact that the district integrated the student bodies of many of its schools in the early 1970s does not automatically lead to the conclusion that the district does not currently operate a dual system,” she wrote. She pointed out that not only were many schools still segregated, but the opportunity to take advanced classes also appeared linked to race.

She noted testimony from a white mother who withdrew her child from a predominantly black high school because it offered

fewer advanced academic courses than other schools.

“While private choices seem to have precipitated the existing racial polarization of the district’s schools, it is not clear...that the district has not contributed to the situation,” she wrote. “There is a significant disparity between the educational programs in the district’s predominately African-American secondary schools and the educational programs in the district’s predominately white schools.”

That disparity, she said, could even be a violation of the Equal Protection Clause of the 14th Amendment.

Huntsville schools had taken several steps to improve educational outcomes for black students, including adopting universal school breakfast programs and increasing pre-kindergarten classrooms. But the judge’s ruling seemed skeptical of whether the district would continue these efforts once court oversight ended.

“The Board submits that the district’s conduct over the past 50 years demonstrates good faith.

Recent events, though, have hurt the board’s record,” she wrote. She catalogued Huntsville’s 20-year failure to file required reports, its track record of missing data and incomplete information, and its public criticism of a requirement in the order that the district allow students to transfer into schools where they are a racial minority.

Haikala set two magistrate judges to the task of gathering information and to work with the district and the Justice Department to come up with a plan to address any other issues needed to get the district in compliance with the order, and ultimately, to end it.

Huntsville’s children, she wrote,

“have no control over where they live now, but giving them a strong education is the surest way to ensure that they will have choices about where they will live in the future and what they will do when they become adults.”

You can read Judge Haikala’s entire order here. You can search ProPublica’s database to see whether your district is, or has ever been, under a school desegregation order and check school segregation in your hometown.

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greater opportunity for our children to thrive and succeed, from affordable health care coverage to access to high-quality education, but there is still more work to do. We will continue to invest in our children to help shape the future they deserve.”

The Casey Foundation’s book tracks the wellbeing of children in Massachusetts across economic, education, health and family and community data on a state and national level. July 22 marks the

25th edition of the data book.

“The investments we have made in our children have helped them to be better prepared to succeed than children anywhere else in America,” Noah Berger, President of MassBudget, the Massachusetts KIDS COUNT group said in a press release.

“Yet, far too many of our children are still being left behind.

Working together, through our government, we can make sure that all of our kids have access, from their earliest days, to the basic supports they need to thrive.”

According to the report, one

in seven children live in poverty in the Bay State, compared to the national rate of one out of five children. The data shows that while children in Massachusetts have access to health insurance and healthcare, they are just as likely to abuse drugs and alcohol here as kids living anywhere else in the country.

“Here in the Commonwealth, we have made a strong commitment to the well-being of our children, and this is largely due to our emphasis on education and healthcare,” Senate President Therese Murray said in a press release. “This report shows

that these investments have paid off and we remain national leaders in child achievement standards. However, we also have a responsibility to continue find-

“The investments we have made in our children have helped them to be better prepared to succeed than children anywhere else in America.”

— Noah Berger ing ways to improve the lives of children and to recognize that their success is absolutely essential for Massachusetts’ success as a whole.”

Health Care for All Executive Director Amy Whitcomb Slemmer attributed the state’s high ranking in healthcare outcomes to the state’s Affordable Care Act, which mandates health care coverage for all state residents and provides free care for those unable to pay.

“We decided that health care is a human right,” she said. “We also decided we would take care

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Mayor Martin Walsh and City Councillor Tito Jackson welcomed members of Greater Boston’s Muslim community to a Ramadan Iftar at Boston City Hall. An Iftar is the evening meal Muslims take during the Ramadan fast. (Mayor’s Office photo by Don Harney)

of people who are not being provided for.”

Berger said there is much work to be done to provide every child with a chance to succeed,

nature of the office. If they reflect the population numbers, it shows that this is an important issue to you and your administration.”

Coakley and Grossman are widely seen as the Democratic frontrunners in the race for the Sept. 4 Democratic primary against fellow Democrat Donald Berwick.

The Democratic victor will face off against Republican Charlie Baker, and independent candidates Jeff McCormick, and Evan Falchuk for Deval Patrick’s seat on Beacon Hill on November 4, 2014.

Have no fear.

Meditate without care and progress steadily.

You will be uplifted and will not fall.

The Lord of the universe will do all your work.

— Swami Muktananda

and improving our schools and the system of support for at-risk children and those in the juvenile justice system are crucial to breaking down the barriers that hold too many children back.

“We can also pursue economic policies that help low-income families earn decent wages and have incomes that let them provide a better life for their children,” Berger said. “In the long run, expanding economic opportunity for all of our kids and families is likely the most effective way to build a strong economy that works for everyone.”

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Yawu Miller As a young girl, Eli Pabon watched the performers on stage at Festival Betances singing salsa tunes and dancing to bomba — traditional Puerto Rican music and dance commonly featured at the festival in the South End’s Villa Victoria housing development.

It wasn’t until she was 15 that she was able to get onstage, singing in her uncle’s band. But since then, she’s been a regular, playing congas

for 19th century Puerto Rican independence fighter Ramon Emeterio Betances.

By the end of their performance, Pabon and the other dancers had enlisted the crowd in their infectious Latin music dancing, sharing the stage in the middle of the plaza with dancers young and old.

“We use dance as a platform to get youth excited about doing positive things in the community,” she said.

“We show people how dance and movement can be a mecha-

ulation in the Villa Victoria. Like Pabon, many of the other MetaMovements members have been performing at the festival for years.

“We have a lot of history in this plaza,” said Marcelino, who began performing at the festival as a backup singer and bomba dancer. “We know every year in the third week of July this community, this extended family is going to come together. It’s a big, extended family.”

The festival drew a mostly Latino crowd from across the city for three days of music and enter-

Dance troupe lights up festival MetaMovements a perfect fit for Festival Betances in a salsa band, rapping as a hip hop artist and, most recently, dancing.

This year, Pabon and the dance company she is now performing with, MetaMovements, once again captivated the audience in the Plaza Betances, the public square in the development named

nism to bring community together, to build community and to build bridges,” added MetaMovements instructor Sandra Marcelino.

The performance was a perfect fit for the Festival Betances, which celebrates the music and culture of the mostly Puerto Rican pop-

tainment, traditional Puerto Rican food and arts and crafts. Elected officials including Mayor Martin Walsh, state Rep. Byron Rushing and City Councilor Ayanna Pressley attended the event, as did several candidates including Maura Healey, a candidate for attorney

general and Felix D. Arroyo, who is running for Registrar of the Probate and Family Court.

First held in 1973, the festival celebrates the culture of the majority Puerto Rican population of Villa Victoria, and dates back to the era when the neighborhood was the center of the city’s Puerto Rican community.

This year’s performances included local salsa band leader Gilberto Rivera and Puerto Rico-based bandleader Moncho Rivera and Hector Trioche.

While many of the acts at the festival perform on the main stage in the plaza, which faces West Dedham Street, MetaMovements and other dance acts performed on a specially-assembled dance floor in the middle of the plaza to encourage audience participation.

The MetaMovements performance included elements of Latin music, hip hop and Trinidadian soca music and was modeled after the groups Salsa in the Park program, during which MetaMovements volunteers give free dance lessons and organize dance parties in public parks.

Choreographer Luis Sanchez says the company’s dance programs help build cohesiveness in Boston neighborhoods.

“It’s a great way to bring people together,” he said.

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Director Reiner reflects on history of cutting edge film Colette Greenstein Actor, director and producer Rob Reiner came to the forefront of American pop culture starring

as Mike “Meathead” Stivic, a liberal intellectual who clashed with his bigoted father-in-law Archie Bunker portrayed by the very talented Carroll O’Connor in the

ground-breaking television series “All in the Family.”

The series debuted on CBS in 1971 and when asked recently about what it was like working on

Director Rob Reiner, who cut his teeth on the Archie Bunker Show as Mike “Meathead” Stivic, sets the scene in “And So It Goes.”

the show Reiner said “we knew we were doing something special. We knew that we were doing something that had never been done before on television.” But, he and the cast didn’t think the show had a chance of staying on air.

“We fully expected it to go 13 weeks and be off,” he said. “It was so far out there that there was no way we were going to be successful.”

But the show did last and it became a zeitgeist for the issues of the day. The show ran for seven years and during that period, Reiner won two Emmy Awards for “Best Supporting Actor” in 1974 and in 1978.

For a period of about 15 years, beginning in the mid-1980’s, the Bronx native and son of Emmy-winning actor, comedian, writer and producer, Carl Reiner really hit his stride professionally as director of some of the most popular and oft-quoted films to this day. His work ranges from the 1984 cult classic of “This Is Spinal Tap” to the coming-ofage drama “Stand By Me” in 1986 followed by “The Princess Bride” in 1987.

In 1989, Reiner directed the much-loved romantic comedy “When Harry Met Sally,” which starred Billy Crystal and Meg Ryan. To this day, if you say the quote, “I’ll have what she’s having,” most moviegoers and pop culture enthusiasts know it’s a reference to the diner scene starring both actors.

Reiner also directed the 1990 suspenseful drama, “Misery,” which was based on the Stephen

King novel, as well as “A Few Good Men” in 1992 starring Tom Cruise and Jack Nicholson.

(I know you can’t help mouthing the quote “You can’t handle the truth”). From 1995 to 1997, he was on a roll directing back-toback films “The American President” with Michael Douglas, “Ghosts of Mississippi” and “As Good As It Gets” which reteamed him with Nicholson.

Rob Reiner’s current project, “And So It Goes”, presents the notion of second chances in life and in love for those of a certain age. The comedy stars Michael Douglas as Oren Little, a self-centered, obnoxious real estate agent whose life turns upside down when his estranged son Luke (Scott Shepherd) asks him to temporarily care for his 9-year-old granddaughter Sarah (Sterling Jerins) whom he never knew existed.

With Sarah (named after Oren’s late wife) literally being left on his doorstep, Oren grudgingly agrees to take her in but quickly pawns her off on his tenant Leah starring Diane Keaton. But Leah is in the midst of transitions in her own life as she embarks on a journey to find herself, and define her next chapter as a lounge singer, all without her late husband by her side.

During a recent round-table interview in Boston to promote his film, Reiner spoke about his career, working in television, and exploring the concept of second chances in “And So It Goes.”

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You’ve had a long and distinguished career. How do you sustain it and how do you keep it fresh?

I think for me it’s a discovery and it’s something you know intellectually when you’re young but you kind of internalize it as you get older. It’s about process. It’s about the doing. And so, if you understand that and you enjoy the doing then it stays fresh because all you’re doing is expressing how you feel and what you think about, and the things that come into your consciousness as you go along. It’s all a matter of processing whatever it is you take in through your work. I couldn’t make a picture like “And So It Goes” 30 years ago. I wouldn’t know what the heck that was and falling in love at a certain age in your life and things that were triggered by bucket lists. I turned 60 and I thought of myself at that point as a very, very young old person.

Like, I was at the beginning of old age. And, you start thinking of mortality and how long you’re going to live. All of a sudden those thoughts and ideas come into your head and you express yourself in that way.

One of the themes you explore in the film is second chances and seeing how people get that

opportunity in love, in life, or in their careers. What is it about that that fascinates you or interests you?

It interests me because we’re now living longer and longer.

And, hopefully we’ll have longer lives. You go along for a while and you think retirement at 65 seems kind of weird now for a lot of people. What if you live another 40 years? That’s a lot of sitting around and not doing anything. Everybody wants to share things with other people. If you have five people in the course of a lifetime that are really dear friends, that’s a lot. If you do find somebody that you can actually hang with and spend time with, you want to do it.

Would you ever consider doing anything in television? There’s so many great series these days.

Right now, I’ve got four things in development for television.

None of the movies I’ve ever made would ever get made at a studio now. They just don’t make those kinds of things. But, television there’s a whole new world that’s opened up in the last ten years. It’s like a second golden age. Between “Breaking Bad,” and “Homeland,” and “House of Cards,” you go on and on, it’s a real opportunity for creative people. So, I definitely would do that for sure.

“And So It Goes” is out in theaters this Friday, July 25.

Michael Douglas and Diane Keaton in “And So It Goes.”

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Cabinet Lunch Food Project Roxbury July 17, 2014 – Mayor Martin Walsh and the City Of Boston Cabinet members join the Food Project at their Roxbury farm for a farm-to-table lunch. All of the vegetables served during lunch were grown at the Food Project’s Roxbury farm and prepared by Chef Will Gilson. (Mayor’s Office Photo by Isabel Leon)

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Saturday

Artists in Residence Craft Workshops The Boston Parks and Recreation Department’s annual ParkARTS program, sponsored by Holly and David Bruce. From East Boston to West Roxbury, children ages three to ten can enjoy watercolor painting, mask and jewelry making, treasure bottle creations, and more at the Artists in Residence Craft Workshops.

The workshops are from 9am-12 noon in parks across the city. Participation is free and all materials are provided, but young children must be accompanied by an adult.

July 29, August 5, 12: Ronan Park, Dorchester and Walker Playground, Mattapan. July 30, August 6, 13: Marcella Park, Roxbury and Mozart Park, Jamaica Plain. July 24: Peters Park, South End and Rogers Park, Allston/ Brighton. July 31, August 7, 14: Ringgold Playground, South End and Shubow Park, Allston/ Brighton. July 25: Amatucci Playground, Hyde Park and Doherty Playground, Charlestown. August 1, 8, 15: Dorothy Curran Playground, Moakley Park, South Boston and East Boston Stadium, East Boston. Groups of six or more should make prior arrangements by calling the Boston Parks Department at 617-635-4505.

For information on this and other ParkARTS programs, please call the Boston Parks and Recreation Department at 617-635-4505, visit www.facebook.com/bostonparks department or www.cityofbos ton.gov/parks or follow @Boston ParksDept.

FIGMENT Boston For one weekend every summer, FIGMENT Boston transforms the Rose Kennedy Greenway into a large scale collaborative arts experience — and then it’s gone! Free, family-friendly, and open to all, FIGMENT is an explosion of creative energy, a celebration of participatory art and a culture where everything is possible. In addition to the daytime festivities during the weekend, FIGMENT After Dark returns to Dewey Square for a second year!

Everyone is invited to enjoy a free dance party with live DJs and fire spinners — the perfect centerpiece to the weekend’s interactive fun.

Saturday July 26, 11am-11pm and Sunday July 27, 11am-6pm, FIGMENT After Dark: Saturday July 26, 6-11pm. The Rose Kennedy Greenway is a mile-and-a-half of contemporary parks in the heart of Boston. www.rosekennedygre enway.org. More info: FIGMENT Boston website: boston.figment project.org.

July 24

Friday July 25

Free Fun Fridays Danforth Art Danforth Art is participating in the 5th annual Free Fun Fridays program sponsored by the Highland Street Foundation. Danforth Art will open its doors, from 10am-5pm, at no cost to visitors and offer a wide variety of free art activities for children and adults.

Free Fun Fridays is a program that includes 60 museums and cultural venues across Massachusetts.

Each Friday this summer, there will be six venues open for free.

For the full program schedule and to learn more about Free Fun Fridays, please visit: www.highland street.org.

Through Barbed Wire presents 4th Friday Reading of Prisoners’ Writings 7-9:30pm, monthly prose & poetry participatory event focused on prisoners’ writings. Currently focusing on publishing a book to deter youth away from violence.

Audience participation encouraged, light refreshments, near Copley Sq and Back Bay MBTA bus, subway, commuter rail, Amtrak. Created and directed

by Arnie King. South End Tech Center, 359 Columbus Ave — basement, Boston. www.arnold king.org or throughbarbedwire@ yahoo.com; tel: 857-492-4858.

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July 26

Sunday July 27

History & Gardens of the Back Bay Fens Take a guided walk through a h i s t o ri c l a n d scap e. 11:00 am-12:30 pm. Tours start and end at the Shattuck Visitor Center, 125 The Fenway, Boston, unless noted otherwise. All tours are free and led by Emerald Necklace Conservancy docents. For detailed descriptions of the tours, please visit www.emeraldneck lace.org. Tours are cancelled for extreme weather. Updates will be posted on the homepage of our website.

Monday July 28

Special Talks at Faneuil Hall Boston African American NHS presents Special Talks at Faneuil Hall. Trails to Freedom, Monday, July 28 at 1pm: This talk traces how the issue of slavery transformed the country after the American Revolution and led to a “second revolution.” Faces of Freedom, Monday, August 11 at 1pm: Join us as we discuss key figures in the fight of freedom and equality for all and their connections to Faneuil Hall. The Middle Passage, Monday, August 25 at 1pm: This talk looks at the Middle Passage and Boston’s role in the Atlantic Slave Trade. Please Note: These talks will be presented from 1pm to 2pm in the Great Hall of Faneuil Hall. In case of scheduling conflicts, the talks will be held on the fourth floor of Faneuil Hall, in the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company of Massachusetts Museum.

Wednesday July 30

Splash Dance Parties Wednesday, July 30 at Mozart Park, Jamaica Plain; and Friday, August 8 at Dorothy Curran Play-

ground at Moakley Park, South Boston. Bring the children to the park to cool off in the spray features and try some tasty treats. Listen to music while playing games and dancing in the parks. 12-1pm.

City of Boston ~ Mayor Martin J. Walsh ~ Boston Parks & Recreation Department. Free of charge. Boston celebrates the 18th anniversary of ParkARTS. Events and event dates and times are subject to change.

617-635-4505, www.cityofbos ton.gov/parks, www.facebook. com/BostonParksDepartment, @BostonParksDept and @Sum merBoston.

Vento Chiaro performs One Hen Fascinated by Katie Smith Milway’s inspiring book, “One Hen: How One Small Loan Made a Big Difference,” Vento Chiaro, with funding from The Free for All Concert Fund, commissioned Justin Casinghino to set the tale to music.

One Hen tells the true story of Kojo, a boy from Ghana who, with one small loan, a great idea, and hard work, brings work and hope to his village. Join Vento Chiaro for this special performance with composer Justin Casinghino narrating.

Vento Chiaro: Ona Jonaityte, flute; Ana-Sofía Campesino, oboe; Juliet Lai, clarinet; Sam Childers, bassoon; Anne Howarth, horn. 2pm, Somerville Public Library, 79 Highland Ave., Somerville. Free admission. Ventochiaro.org.

Upcoming ParkARTS Neighborhood Concert Series The Boston Parks and Recreation Department is proud to announce the 2014 ParkARTS Citywide Neighborhood Concert Series presented by title sponsor Eastern Bank in parks citywide.

ParkARTS neighborhood performances are outdoor summer concerts presented free of charge in local City of Boston parks. Concerts continue at 7pm on Thursday, July 31, with the Soul City Band sponsored in part by the Dorchester Park Association at Dorchester Park, 2180 Dorchester Ave., Dorchester; at 5pm on Sunday, August 3, with Jazz at the Fort featuring the Jaleel Shaw Quartet sponsored in part by Berklee College of Music at Highland Park, 58 Beech Glen St., Roxbury; and at 7pm on Tuesday, August 19, with the Sugar Babies Band sponsored in part by Roslindale Village Main Streets at Fallon Field, 910 South St., Roslindale. All ParkARTS neighborhood performances are free of charge. For more information or a full schedule of events, please call please call 617-6354505 or visit the Parks Department online at www.cityofboston/ parks or www.facebook.com/ bostonparksdepartment.

Jazz at the Fort concert Berklee College of Music and the City of Boston Parks and Recreation Department’s ParkARTS program present the Jaleel Shaw Quartet at the annual, free Jazz at the Fort concert, Sunday, August 3, 5pm, at Roxbury’s Highland Park. Jazz at the Fort is part of Berklee’s Summer in the City series, made possible by pre-

senting sponsor Natixis Global Asset Management, with musical performances by Berklee musicians in neighborhoods throughout Boston. Entry ways to Highland Park are on Fort Avenue or Beach Glen Street in Roxbury. The park is wheelchair-accessible. Parking is available at Columbus Avenue and Cedar Street in the Roxbury Community College lot. The park is also a short walk from the MBTA Roxbury Crossing Station. In the event of rain, the concert will move to Roxbury Community College’s Media Arts Center, 1234 Columbus Ave. For more information visit berklee.edu/events or call 617747-6057.

Mayor Martin J. Walsh’s Movie Nights Mayor Martin J. Walsh’s Movie Nights, part of the Boston Parks and Recreation Department’s ParkARTS program, will give residents and visitors plenty of chances to enjoy popular films under the night skies in city parks in August and September. All shows begin at dusk (approximately 7:45pm).

Bring your blankets and chairs and make yourself comfortable as you enjoy these family favorites in the outdoors. Monday, August 4 — Almont Park, 40 Almont St., Mattapan, “Despicable Me II”; Monday, August 11 — Ramsay Park, 1917 Washington St., South End/Roxbury, “The Lego Movie”; Monday, August 18 — M Street Park, 775 East First St., South Boston, “Rudy”; Thursday, August 21 — Hynes Playground, 502 VFW Parkway, West Roxbury, “Frozen”; Monday, August 25 — Ringer Playground, 85 Allston St., Allston-Brighton, “Planes”; Wednesday, August 27 — Doherty Playground, 1545 Dorchester Ave., Dorchester, “Monsters University.” For more information please call 617-6354505 or visit the Boston Parks and Recreation Department online on Facebook or at www.cityofbos ton.gov/parks.

Wednesday Night Concert Series The Dorothy Curran Wednesday Night Concert Series on City Hall Plaza continues August 6 with Stardust and the Decades of Dance Party, and closes August 20 with Charlie Thomas’ Drifters. For more info call the Boston Parks and Recreation Department at 617-635-4505, visit www.face book.com/bostonparksdepart ment, or go to www.cityofboston. gov/parks.

Magical Environments “Magical Environments” Family Art Workshops — FREE! August 6, 13. 5:45-7:30pm. Jamaica Plain Community Center (Curtis Hall), 20 South St. Families Creating Together offers FREE multi-generational workshops for children ages 6-12 with and without disabilities and their families. Explore magical environments through visual arts, storytelling, book-making. Spanish translators. Wheelchair accessible. Register for two, three or all five workshops; pick the dates best for you! FCT is a program of Community Service Care/Tree of Life Coalition. For more information call 617-522-4832 or email edward pazzanese@gmail.com.

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Call and Response: Creatures, Real and Imagined Imagination reigns in Creatures, Real and Imagined, where visitors will encounter images that mix reality and fantasy. There are traces of truthful representation in tandem with elements that appear altogether otherworldly. Let your imagination run wild at FAM all to be discovered in Call and Response: Creatures, Real and Imagined. The Fitchburg Art Museum, 25 Merriam Parkway, Fitchburg, 978-345-4207, www.fitchburgartmuseum.org.

Museum Hours: Wednesday-Friday 12-4pm, Saturday & Sunday 11-5pm. On the First Thursday of every month, the Museum is free to the public from 3-7pm. Admission is free for: FAM members, children under 12, Fitchburg State University and Fitchburg Public School students, faculty and staff, Fitchburg residents of Ward 4B, AAM & NEMA members +1, active military and their family, corporate members’ and their employees & family.

General admission: $9 for adults, $5 for seniors (62+), $5 for students (13+). Through August 24.

Free Summer Scene Program at Marcella Park Hawthorne Youth and Community Center invites you to participate in free instructional programs for 5-70 year olds at Roxbury’s Marcella Park through August 28. Our lineup includes Mondays: Tennis – 5-6pm for 6-10 year olds; 5-8pm for 11 year olds-adults.

Tuesday and Thursdays: Soccer/ Rox 6:30-8:30pm, Hawthorne Walkers 6:30-7:30pm. Wednesdays: 6-8pm basketball for all ages. Fridays: Everybody Does Double Dutch! 5:30-8:00pm on August 8. Everybody Dances!

Series 5:30-8:00pm: Afro Cuban – August 1; Hip Hop – August 15. Contact us at hyccroxbury@ hotmail.com or 617-427-0613 for registration forms or information.

Franklin Park Yoga Every Saturday morning at 10am through Labor Day. All levels encouraged to join Linda, the Wellness Warrior, on Schoolmaster Hill. Bring a mat if you have one, there’ll be plenty for those without. Wear comfortable clothes and bring a water bottle.

Cancelled if raining. Look for a sign midway along the main park road or go to www.franklinpark coalition.org for more information and directions.

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Chang-Diaz inserted a provision in her compromise legislation that would have made charter school expansion contingent on the state reimbursing the school districts in accordance with Chapter 46, a measure charter school opponents opposed.

She also inserted a provision that would require charter schools to maintain student attrition rates equal to those of the school districts in which they operate. Charter school critics have accused some schools of

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number-one reason young men of color drop out of high school is because they struggle with math, we decided we wanted to do something about it,” McCormick said. “Today, we have a math software company that teaches millions of kids in 41 different states basic math skills which are essential for kids to graduate high school.”

In his closing remarks, Gross-

getting rid of lower-performing students to boost their MCAS scores, an option not available to the school districts with which they compete for funding.

Chang-Diaz said she was disappointed by the outcome of the votes.

“It’s a real lost opportunity to have done something for our communities that is needed,” she commented. “Black and Latino communities are underserved by the Boston Public Schools. We have longstanding complaints from both charter school supporters and district school supporters. My point is, let’s fix the problems on both sides.”

The battle over lifting the cap played out in the halls of the State House over the last few months and drew out both charter school parents and parents of students in district schools, many from Boston. Arrayed against lifting the cap were groups including the Massachusetts Municipal Association, an association of municipal officials from the state’s cities and towns, and the state’s two largest teachers unions.

Among those in favor of lifting the cap were charter school associations and The Boston Foundation, whose President, Paul Grogan, told reporters he planned to revisit the

issue in the next legislative session.

Boston Charter Alliance Chairwoman Shannah Varon expressed frustration with the Senate vote, noting that many charters in Boston have expansion plans.

“Some of my peers are ready to expand their schools,” she said.

“They have plans. They have the teachers. And they just can’t expand because the new seats haven’t been released.”

State Sen. Linda Dorcena Forry, who voted in support of ChangDiaz’s compromise measure, said she too received calls from constituents in support of and against lifting

the charter school cap.

“My constituency was split,” she said.

Dorcena Forry said this year’s debate should be the beginning of a conversation about charter school expansion, not the end.

“I think the conversation needs to be about how we can make the education system successful at every level,” she said. “I hope that the charter school community and district school community can sit together at the table and have a conversation about quality education for our children rather than taking it to the ballot.”

as a health care issue.”

Grossman said that improving the rehabilitation programs in the prison system means improving job training on the inside and outside of the walls.

NECN Business Editor and emcee of the debate Peter Howe asked each candidate to talk about their first job and what they learned from them. Falchuk told the audience about running a snack bar at school with friends.

Coakley described working for 50 cents an hour scooping ice

Grossman worked in his father’s envelop company as a salesman. He said his father told him that he had “two ears and one mouth and I should use them in that proportion. Nobody ever learned anything by talking.

Listen to your customers.”

Berwick described his first job as a waiter in a small resort town in Connecticut and recalled his experience with a woman who berated him for bringing her a roast beef that was too well done. He said he brought it back to the chef who flipped it over, poured gravy

on it and said, “There. Rare.” The crowd burst into laughter as he described his inability to forget the embarrassing and difficult tasks of waiting tables.

Republican candidate Charlie Baker was not present at the debate.

“The way we deal with the immigrant community is a test of our moral fiber. We have to fight like the dickens against the misclassification of workers. It is ugly.”

— Donald Berwick man called for criminal justice system reform.

“We have tens of thousands of people who are incarcerated in our jails and prisons. Overwhelmingly, they are people of color. Overwhelmingly, they are people who have been involved in low-level drug offenses. We are treating them as a criminal justice issue. We should be treating them

cream at Howard Johnson’s. McCormick said he wanted to be the sixth member of the Jackson 5 when he was 5 years old, but his first job was working in the construction and manual labor field, and that teachers and coaches pushed him to go to college. He said their faith in the person he could be made all the difference in his life.

Gov. Deval Patrick greets attendees at the grand boule of the Sigma Pi Phi fraternity, a national association of African American college graduates, held at the Sharaton Hotel in Boston. (Governor’s Office photo by Sam Sarkisian)

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BOSTON scenes

(left to right) The Roxbury Rockers perform at RCC’s first annual “You Rock” award ceremony and concert: RCC President Valerie Roberson, Pamela Green, Lorita Williams, Edith Chears, Nancy Sheehan Curran, jazz vocalist Ron Murphy, Marshall Hughes, Myran Parker Brass

Roxbury Community College Hosts First Annual “Roxbury Rocks” Music Festival Roxbury Community College (RCC) hosted more than two hundred people at its first annual “Roxbury Rocks” Music Festival on the RCC campus at Roxbury Crossing. In addition to music and dance, the festival featured food trucks, free ice cream and face painting. Among the highlights were the presentation of the first “You Rock” awards to community leaders who have championed RCC and the Roxbury community. Honorees included: • Sonia Alleyne: Vice President and New England Regional Manager of Community Reinvestment & Santander Bank Foundation; • Judge Leslie Harris, a newly retired associate justice of the Suffolk County Juvenile Court; • Derek Lumpkins, executive director of Discover Roxbury; and • Beverly Morgan Welch, executive director of the Museum of African American History.

Upon accepting his “You Rock” award, Judge Harris said “If we do not support our community institutions, then who will?” Dr. Valerie Roberson, president of RCC said, “It gives us great pleasure to welcome RCC’s friends and neighbors to our campus. The Music Festival is a fun way for us to come together as a community and share what RCC has to offer in the way of programs, services and facilities. We look forward to doing this again next year.”

Above: OrigiNation Da nce

The performers included headliner Ron Murphy, a noted jazz singer, producer and actor. Murphy also writes jazz, rhythm and blues and gospel. Others on the roster included the John Kordalewski Trio, the pop group Alexi, the reggae band, King-i, and OrigiNation, a noted Boston dance company.

Company

Mistress of Ceremonies for the outdoor concert was Bonnie Johnson, producer and host of the WICN 90.5 FM radio program called Colors of Jazz. Carmen Fields, journalist and media professional, hosted the indoor jazz concert with Ron Murphy and the award ceremony. Festival partners included WICN 90.5 FM Radio, Ben & Jerry’s, Darryl’s Corner Bar & Kitchen, Wally’s Café and Slade’s Bar & Grill.

(Phuong Tang photos)

Left: Dr. Valerie Roberson, RCC President, Boston City Councilor Tito Jackson

Carmen Fields, Dr. Valerie Roberson, RCC President, Sheriff Steve Thompkins, Sarah Ann Shaw, Edith Chears

Right: (left to right) Sarah Ann Shaw, Carmen Fields, Edith Chears

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PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENT

Proposer any proposal before acceptance and effect any contract otherwise, all as the Authority in its sole judgment may deem to be in its best interest.

THE COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS AND MASSACHUSETTS BAY TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY SOLICITATION FOR CARD PROCESSING SERVICES

MASSACHUSETTS PORT AUTHORITY Thomas P. Glynn CEO and Executive Director

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts, including the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) and non-MBTA state entities, are seeking qualifications/proposals for enterprise merchant card services from service providers having experience with transit, motor vehicle, turnpike, tax, licensing, fees, education, courts, and human services.

MASSACHUSETTS PORT AUTHORITY NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS

The MBTA is the major provider of mass transit services in eastern Massachusetts transporting approximately 1.4 million people each weekday.

The MBTA generates a cash flow of approximately $1.8 billion annually.

The Commonwealth’s non-MBTA entity revenue from debit and credit card and ACH collection programs approximates $425,000,000 collected from 28 agencies over the web, via IVR, and at the point of sale. We anticipate an increase in growth in this volume with the continuous roll-out of electronic payments acceptance programs and applications across the Commonwealth.

The RFP for merchant card services will include the specifications for credit and debit card processing services for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, including the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) and non-MBTA state entities. In addition, the RFP includes specifications for additional payment programs, including but not limited to ACH transactions for non-MBTA state entities.

The Request for Proposals will be available in the office of Wesley G. Wallace, Jr., Treasurer-Controller, 10 Park Plaza, Room 8450, Boston, MA on Monday, July 28, 2014, between the hours of 8:30 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. Requests are available by email (WWallace@MBTA.com).

A pre-proposal meeting is scheduled for August 6, 2014.

Twelve (12) copies of your responding proposal must be delivered to the office of Wesley G. Wallace, Jr. at the above location no later than 12:00 p.m. on Friday, September 5, 2014. The Commonwealth will not be accepting electronic or faxed copies of proposals.

The respondent for the merchant card services award must demonstrate experience with transit and commuter rail fare collection applications as well as integration with large, complex government revenue acceptance channels.

The written proposal, presentation and response to questions raised during the interview will be evaluated by the Selection Committee membership based on the following criteria: • Technology and operational capabilities of the vendor • Demonstrated track record of high quality service levels provided and expertise of contract personnel • Financial condition • Pricing practices for services rendered • Client references • PCI Compliance Consideration shall be given to each firm’s willingness to partner with the Commonwealth to support the unique enterprise needs. Consideration shall also be given to each firm’s community reinvestment plan, affirmative action plan, and its commitment to the use of disadvantaged business enterprises.

The request for proposal will require submittal of these items. While there is no DBE goal associated with this contract, the Commonwealth strongly encourages a commitment to use Minority, Women and Disadvantaged Business Enterprises as prime consultants, subconsultants, and suppliers in all of its contracting opportunities.

This project is state funded.

The right is reserved to accept any proposal or to reject any and all proposals.

Richard A. Davey MassDot Secretary

Beverly A. Scott General Manager and Rail & Transit Administrator

Martin J. Benison Comptroller of the Commonwealthv LEGAL NOTICE PROPOSAL INVITATION Massachusetts Port Authority Logan International Airport

Sealed General Bids for MPA Contract No. AP1509-C1, FY15-17 WATER LINE REPAIRS TERM CONTRACT, ALL MASSPORT FACILITIES, BEDFORD, BOSTON, AND WORCESTER, MASSACHUSETTS, will be received by the Massachusetts Port Authority at the Capital Programs Department Office, Suite 209S, Logan Office Center, One Harborside Drive, East Boston, Massachusetts 02128-2909, until 11:00 A.M. local time on WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 13, 2014 immediately after which, in a designated room, the bids will be opened and read publicly.

NOTE:

The work includes REPAIR, REPLACEMENT OF WATER MAINS, GATE VALVES, HYDRANTS, AND AUXILIARY WORK INCLUDING PLUMBING, EXCAVATION, BACKFILL, ASPHALT PAVEMENT PATCHING, AND CONCRETE WORK, FOR ALL MASSACHUSETTS PORT AUTHORITY FACILITIES IN BEDFORD, BOSTON, AND WORCESTER, MASSACHUSETTS, ON AN ON-CALL/AS-NEEDED BASIS OVER A TWO (2) YEAR PERIOD. Bid documents will be made available beginning THURSDAY, JULY 24, 2014 Bid Documents in electronic format may be obtained free of charge at the Authority’s Capital Programs Department Office, together with any addenda or amendments, which the Authority may issue and a printed copy of the Proposal form.

The estimated contract cost is NINE HUNDRED FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS ($950,000.00).

A proposal guaranty shall be submitted with each General Bid consisting of a bid deposit for five (5) percent of the value of the bid; when sub bids are required, each must be accompanied by a deposit equal to five (5) percent of the sub bid amount, in the form of a bid bond, or cash, or a certified check, or a treasurer’s or a cashier’s check issued by a responsible bank or trust company, payable to the Massachusetts Port Authority in the name of which the Contract for the work is to be executed. The bid deposit shall be (a) in a form satisfactory to the Authority, (b) with a surety company qualified to do business in the Commonwealth and satisfactory to the Authority, and (c) conditioned upon the faithful performance by the principal of the agreements contained in the bid.

The successful Bidder will be required to furnish a performance bond and a labor and materials payment bond, each in an amount equal to 100% of the Contract price. The surety shall be a surety company or securities satisfactory to the Authority. Attention is called to the minimum rate of wages to be paid on the work as determined under the provisions of Chapter 149, Massachusetts General Laws, Section 26 to 27G, inclusive, as amended. The Contractor will be required to pay minimum wages in accordance with the schedules listed in Division II, Special Provisions of the Specifications, which wage rates have been predetermined by the U. S. Secretary of Labor and / or the Commissioner of Labor and Industries of Massachusetts, whichever is greater.

The successful Bidder will be required to purchase and maintain Bodily Injury Liability Insurance and Property Damage Liability Insurance for a combined single limit of TEN MILLION DOLLARS ($10,000,000.00). Said policy shall be on an occurrence basis and the Authority shall be included as an Additional Insured. See the insurance sections of Division I, General Requirements and Division II, Special Provisions for complete details.

This Contract is also subject to Affirmative Action requirements of the Massachusetts Port Authority contained in the Non Discrimination and Affirmative Action article of Division I, General Requirements and Covenants, and to the Secretary of Labor’s Requirement for Affirmative Action to Ensure Equal Opportunity and the Standard Federal Equal Opportunity Construction Contract Specifications (Executive Order 11246).

The General Contractor is required to submit a Certification of Non Segregated Facilities prior to award of the Contract, and to notify prospective subcontractors of the requirement for such certification where the subcontract exceeds $10,000.

Complete information and authorization to view the site may be obtained from the Capital Programs Department Office at the Massachusetts Port Authority. The right is reserved to waive any informality in or reject any or all proposals.

Snow Removal Contract

MASSACHUSETTS PORT AUTHORITY THOMAS P. GLYNN CEO & EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

The Massachusetts Port Authority (the “Authority) invites submission of proposals from persons or firms interested in entering into a three (3) year contract to provide snow removal services at Logan International Airport (“Logan”).

Proposal Documents will be made available on Thursday, July 24, 2014, on the Authority’s website and may be obtained from the office of Mr. Gary Tobin, Deputy Director, Airport Facilities, Building 18, Logan International Airport, East Boston, MA 02128-2909, telephone number (617) 561-1956. Note: A PRE-SUBMISSION Conference will be held at Building 18, Logan International Airport, at 10:00 a.m. local time, on Thursday, July 31, 2014. An on- location examination of the contract locations will be conducted immediately after the Pre-Submission Conference.

IT IS A REQUIREMENT OF THE PROPOSAL SUBMISSION PROCESS THAT ALL PROSPECTIVE PROPOSERS HAVE A REPRESENTATIVE IN ATTENDANCE AT THIS PRE-SUBMISSION CONFERENCE. A PROSPECTIVE PROPOSER’S FAILURE TO ATTEND THIS PRE-SUBMISSION CONFERENCE SHALL RESULT IN THE REJECTION OF THE PROPOSER’S SUBMITTED PROPOSAL WITHOUT FURTHER CONSIDERATION BY THE AUTHORITY. The proposal form will require proposers to submit information in the following general categories: “Background and Financial Information”, “Operating Experience”, “Management Plan”, “Equipment List”, “Cost Proposal”, and “Non-Discrimination, Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Policies”.

Sealed proposals, with a proposal deposit in the amount of $10,000 in accordance with the requirements set forth in the Proposal Form must be received at or prior to 11:00 a.m. local time on Thursday, August 14, 2014, at the Executive Offices of the Authority, Suite 209S, Logan Office Center, One Harborside Drive, East Boston, Massachusetts 02128-2909, Attention: Michael A. Grieco, Assistant Secretary–Treasurer. The successful Proposer or Proposers shall enter into a contract in substantially the form of the Draft Contract included in the Proposal Documents. Certain terms of the Contract will be completed in accordance with the terms of the successful proposal and may be modified only as deemed necessary or desirable by the Authority’s Chief Legal Counsel.

The staff of the Authority will evaluate the proposals and will present to the Authority Board the results of the evaluation and a recommendation for award. The staff will evaluate proposals on the basis of which proposal(s) best serves the overall interest of the Authority.

The Authority is soliciting competitive proposals pursuant to a determination that such a process best serves the interest of the Authority and not because of any legal requirement to do so. The Authority reserves the right to accept one or more of the proposals, reject any and all proposals, waive any informality of any or all proposals, modify or amend with the consent of the

PRE BID CONFERENCE WILL BE HELD AT THE CAPITAL PROGRAMS DEPARTMENT (ABOVE ADDRESS) AT 10:00 AM LOCAL TIME ON MONDAY, JULY 28, 2014.

MASSACHUSETTS PORT AUTHORITY NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS Sealed General Bids for MPA Contract No. H247-C1 MAINTENANCE BUILDING ROOF REPLACEMENT, L.G. HANSCOM AIR FIELD, BEDFORD, MASSACHUSETTS, will be received by the Massachusetts Port Authority at the Capital Programs Department Office, Suite 209S, Logan Office Center, One Harborside Drive, East Boston, Massachusetts 02128-2909, until 11:00 A.M. local time on WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 20, 2014 immediately after which, in a designated room, the bids will be opened and read publicly.

NOTE:

PRE BID CONFERENCE WILL BE HELD AT THE MASSPORT OFFICE, CIVIL AIR TERMINAL, L.G. HANSCOM AIRFIELD, BEDFORD, MASSACHUSETTS, at 10:00 A.M. LOCAL TIME ON WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 6, 2014.

The work includes REMOVAL AND REPLACEMENT OF THE EXISTING ROOFING, FLASHINGS, INSULATIONS AND ASSOCIATED WORK. Bid documents will be made available beginning THURSDAY, JULY 24, 2014.

Bid Documents in electronic format may be obtained free of charge at the Authority’s Capital Programs Department Office, together with any addenda or amendments, which the Authority may issue and a printed copy of the Proposal form.

In order to be eligible and responsible to bid on this contract General Bidders must submit with their bid a current Certificate of Eligibility issued by the Division of Capital Asset Management and Maintenance and an Update Statement. The General Bidder must be certified in the category of ROOFING. The estimated contract cost is TWO HUNDRED EIGHTY THOUSAND DOLLARS ($280,000.00).

Bidding procedures and award of the contract and sub contracts shall be in accordance with the provisions of Sections 44A through 44J inclusive, Chapter 149 of the General Laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

A proposal guaranty shall be submitted with each General Bid consisting of a bid deposit for five (5) percent of the value of the bid; when sub bids are required, each must be accompanied by a deposit equal to five (5) percent of the sub bid amount, in the form of a bid bond, or cash, or a certified check, or a treasurer’s or a cashier’s check issued by a responsible bank or trust

company, payable to the Massachusetts Port Authority in the name of which the Contract for the work is to be executed. The bid deposit shall be (a) in a form satisfactory to the Authority, (b) with a surety company qualified to do business in the Commonwealth and satisfactory to the Authority, and (c) conditioned upon the faithful performance by the principal of the agreements contained in the bid.

The successful Bidder will be required to furnish a performance bond and a labor and materials payment bond, each in an amount equal to 100% of the Contract price. The surety shall be a surety company or securities satisfactory to the Authority. Attention is called to the minimum rate of wages to be paid on the work as determined under the provisions of Chapter 149, Massachusetts General Laws, Section 26 to 27G, inclusive, as amended. The Contractor will be required to pay minimum wages in accordance with the schedules listed in Division II, Special Provisions of the Specifications, which wage rates have been predetermined by the U. S. Secretary of Labor and / or the Commissioner of Labor and Industries of Massachusetts, whichever is greater.

The successful Bidder will be required to purchase and maintain Bodily Injury Liability Insurance and Property Damage Liability Insurance for a combined single limit of TEN MILLION DOLLARS ($10,000,000). Said policy shall be on an occurrence basis and the Authority shall be included as an Additional Insured. See the insurance sections of Division I, General Requirements and Division II, Special Provisions for complete details.

No filed sub bids will be required for this contract.

This Contract is also subject to Affirmative Action requirements of the Massachusetts Port Authority contained in the Non Discrimination and Affirmative Action article of Division I, General Requirements and Covenants, and to the Secretary of Labor’s Requirement for Affirmative Action to Ensure Equal Opportunity and the Standard Federal Equal Opportunity Construction Contract Specifications (Executive Order 11246).

The General Contractor is required to submit a Certification of Non Segregated Facilities prior to award of the Contract, and to notify prospective subcontractors of the requirement for such certification where the subcontract exceeds $10,000.

Complete information and authorization to view the site may be obtained from the Capital Programs Department Office at the Massachusetts Port Authority. The right is reserved to waive any informality in or reject any or all proposals.

MASSACHUSETTS PORT AUTHORITY THOMAS P. GLYNN CEO & EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATIONS (RFQ) FOR TRADE CONTRACTOR SERVICES Codman Academy Charter Public School Lithgow Building Renovation Codman Academy Foundation, Inc. Codman Academy Foundation, Inc., requests that qualified and experienced DCAMM Certified Trade Contractors submit Statements of Qualifications (SOQ) for the Codman Academy Charter Public School Lithgow Building Renovation Project. The project is a renovation of approximately 27,036 GSF, three stories and partial basement. Interested Trade Contractors are sought for the following categories of work: • • • • • •

Masonry Misc. Metals Waterproofing Roofing Glass & Glazing Acoustical Ceiling Tile

• • • • • •

Resilient Flooring Painting Fire Protection Plumbing HVAC Electrical (Including Tel/Data & Security)

Project Information: Owner’s Project Manager: VVA Sweett Designer: Miller Dyer Spears, Inc. Construction Manager: Shawmut Design and Construction Estimated Construction Cost: $6,760,000.00 Estimated Construction Duration: 10 months Scheduled Occupancy: July 2015 SOQs must conform to the requirements set forth in RFQ. The complete RFQ including directions will be available for download via email request to mprentiss@vvasweett.com as of Wednesday, July 16, 2014.

SOQs must be submitted at or before 2:00 PM on Thursday, July 31, 2014, at the following location: VVA Sweett, Attention: Mallory Prentiss, 2 Oliver Street Suite 606, Boston, MA, 02109. Please direct any questions by email only to mprentiss@vvasweett.com before Wednesday, July 23, 2014 at 5:00 PM. Prospective Respondents shall not communicate with any person or entity participating on the Prequalification Committee at any time during the RFQ process except through written questions submitted in accordance with the process outlined in the RFQ. This RFQ is the first phase of a two-phase procurement process as set forth in MGL Chapter 149A. Codman Academy Foundation, Inc., through its Trade Contractor Prequalification Committee will prequalify firms interested in providing public Trade Contractor services on this Public Construction Manager at Risk (“CM at Risk”) Project. The required SOQ is different from DCAMM Certification. All Trade Contractors must be prequalified for this project, even if the firm is DCAMM Certified. Based on the SOQs received, the Prequalification Committee will prequalify respondents it deems to be qualified in accordance with the criteria set forth in the RFQ. Only prequalified firms will be permitted to submit bids for the category of work in which they were prequalified.

Codman Academy Foundation, Inc., and its Trade Contractor Prequalification Committee, reserves the right to reject any and all responses in full or in part, to waive minor informalities, and to award the contract in the best interest of Codman Academy Foundation, Inc., and Codman Academy Charter Public School.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts The Trial Court Probate and Family Court Department SUFFOLK Division

Docket No. 14P1473 Estate of Stephanie Michelle Buckelew Date of Death: August 6, 2013

INFORMAL PROBATE PUBLICATION NOTICE To all persons interested in the above captioned estate, by Petition of Petitioner Lauralee Buckelew of Owosso, MI. Lauralee Buckelew of Owosso, MI has been informally appointed as the Personal Representative of the estate to serve without surety on the bond.

The estate is being administered under informal procedure by the Personal Representative under the Massachusetts Uniform Probate Code without supervision by the Court. Inventory and accounts are not required to be filed with the Court, but interested parties are entitled to notice regarding the administration from the Personal Representative and can petition the Court in any matter relating to the estate, including distribution of assets and expenses of administration. Interested parties are entitled to petition the Court to institute formal proceedings and to obtain orders terminating or restricting the powers of Personal Representatives appointed under informal procedure. A copy of the Petition and Will, if any, can be obtained from the Petitioner.

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Commonwealth of Massachusetts The Trial Court Probate and Family Court Department SUFFOLK Division

Docket No. 14P1472

Commonwealth of Massachusetts The Trial Court Probate and Family Court Department SUFFOLK Division

Docket No. SU14P1541GD

Estate of Sue Andrea Washington Date of Death: December 26, 2011

Citation Giving Notice of Petition for Appointment of Guardian for Incapacitated Person Pursuant to G.L. c. 190B, §5-304

INFORMAL PROBATE PUBLICATION NOTICE

In the matter of Sean J. Mohamed Of Roxbury, MA RESPONDENT Alleged Incapacitated Person

To all persons interested in the above captioned estate, by Petition of Petitioner Charles O. Washington, Jr. of Los Angeles, CA. Charles O. Washington, Jr. of Los Angeles, CA has been informally appointed as the Personal Representative of the estate to serve without surety on the bond.

The estate is being administered under informal procedure by the Personal Representative under the Massachusetts Uniform Probate Code without supervision by the Court. Inventory and accounts are not required to be filed with the Court, but interested parties are entitled to notice regarding the administration from the Personal Representative and can petition the Court in any matter relating to the estate, including distribution of assets and expenses of administration. Interested parties are entitled to petition the Court to institute formal proceedings and to obtain orders terminating or restricting the powers of Personal Representatives appointed under informal procedure. A copy of the Petition and Will, if any, can be obtained from the Petitioner.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts The Trial Court Probate and Family Court Department SUFFOLK Division

Docket No. 14P1474 Estate of Roy Wilburn, Sr. Date of Death March 18, 2011

INFORMAL PROBATE PUBLICATION NOTICE To all persons interested in the above captioned estate, by Petition of Petitioner Connie J. Wilburn of Memphis, TN. Connie J. Wilburn of Memphis, TN has been informally appointed as the Personal Representative of the estate to serve without surety on the bond.

The estate is being administered under informal procedure by the Personal Representative under the Massachusetts Uniform Probate Code without supervision by the Court. Inventory and accounts are not required to be filed with the Court, but interested parties are entitled to notice regarding the administration from the Personal Representative and can petition the Court in any matter relating to the estate, including distribution of assets and expenses of administration. Interested parties are entitled to petition the Court to institute formal proceedings and to obtain orders terminating or restricting the powers of Personal Representatives appointed under informal procedure. A copy of the Petition and Will, if any, can be obtained from the Petitioner.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts The Trial Court Probate and Family Court Department SUFFOLK Division

Docket No. SU14P1365EA

Citation on Petition for Formal Adjudication Estate of Joe Amos Green Also known as Joseph Amos Green, Joseph A. Green Date of Death: 10/18/1994 To all interested persons: A petition has been filed by RBS Citizens, N.A. of Glen Allen, VA requesting that the Court enter a formal Decree and Order of Adjudication of Intestacy & Determination of Heirs and for such other relief requested in the Petition.

You have the right to obtain a copy of the Petition from the Petitioner or at the Court. You have a right to object to this proceeding. To do so, you or your attorney must file a written appearance and objection at this Court before 10:00 a.m. on 08/28/2014. This is NOT a hearing date, but a deadline by which you must file a written appearance and objection if you object to this proceeding. If you fail to file a timely written appearance and objection followed by an Affidavit of Objections within thirty (30) days of the return date, action may be taken without further notice to you.

The estate is being administered under formal procedure by the Personal Representative under the Massachusetts Uniform Probate Code without supervision by the Court. Inventory and accounts are not required to be filed with the Court, but recipients are entitled to notice regarding the administration from the Personal Representative and can petition the Court in any matter relating to the estate, including distribution of assets and expenses of administration.

WITNESS, HON. Joan P. Armstrong, First Justice of this Court.

Date: June 23, 2014 Ann Marie Passanisi Register of Probate Commonwealth of Massachusetts The Trial Court Probate and Family Court Department SUFFOLK Division

Docket No. SU14P1516EA

Citation on Petition for Formal Adjudication Estate of Edna McKinney Date of Death: 10/23/1988 To all interested persons: A petition has been filed by RBS Citizens N A of Glen Allen, VA requesting that the Court enter a formal Decree and Order of Adjudication of Intestacy & Determination of Heirs and for such other relief as requested in the Petition.

You have the right to obtain a copy of the Petition from the Petitioner or at the Court. You have a right to object to this proceeding. To do so, you or your attorney must file a written appearance and objection at this Court before 10:00 a.m. on 07/31/2014. This is NOT a hearing date, but a deadline by which you must file a written appearance and objection if you object to this proceeding. If you fail to file a timely written appearance and objection followed by an Affidavit of Objections within thirty (30) days of the return date, action may be taken without further notice to you.

The estate is being administered under formal procedure by the Personal Representative under the Massachusetts Uniform Probate Code without supervision by the Court. Inventory and accounts are not required to be filed with the Court, but recipients are entitled to notice regarding the administration from the Personal Representative and can petition the Court in any matter relating to the estate, including distribution of assets and expenses of administration.

WITNESS, HON. Joan P. Armstrong, First Justice of this Court.

Date: June 25, 2014 Ann Marie Passanisi Register of Probate

To the named Respondent and all other interested persons, a petition has been filed by Department of Developmental Service of Boston, MA in the above captioned matter alleging that Sean J Mohamed is in need of a Guardian and requesting that The Arc of Bristol County of Attleboro, MA (or some other suitable person) be appointed as Guardian to serve Without Surety on the bond.

The petition asks the court to determine that the Respondant is incapacitated, that the appointment of a Guardian is necessary, that the proposed Guardian is appropriate. The petition is on file with this court and may contain a request for certain specific authority.

You have the right to object to this proceeding. If you wish to do so, you or your attorney must file a written appearance at this court on or before 10:00 A.M. on the return date of 07/31/2014. This day is NOT a hearing date, but a deadline date by which you have to file the written appearance if you object to the petition. If you fail to file the written appearance by the return date, action may be taken in this matter without further notice to you. In addition to filing the written appearance, you or your attorney must file a written affidavit stating the specific facts and grounds of your objection within 30 days after the return date.

IMPORTANT NOTICE The outcome of this proceeding may limit or completely take away the above-named person’s right to make decisions about personal affairs or financial affairs or both. The above-named person has the right to ask for a lawyer. Anyone may make this request on behalf of the above-named person.

If the above-named person cannot afford a lawyer, one may be appointed at State expense.

WITNESS, Hon. Joan P. Armstrong, First Justice of this Court.

Date: June 26, 2014 Ann Marie Passanisi Register of Probate

TaShayla Renee Spencer IF YOU DESIRE TO OBJECT THERETO, YOU OR YOUR ATTORNEY MUST FILE A WRITTEN APPEARANCE IN SAID COURT AT BOSTON ON OR BEFORE TEN O’CLOCK IN THE MORNING (10:00 AM) ON 08/07/2014.

WITNESS, HON. Joan P. Armstrong, First Justice of this Court.

Date: July 8, 2014 Ann Marie Passanisi Register of Probate Commonwealth of Massachusetts The Trial Court Probate and Family Court Department SUFFOLK Division

Docket No. SU14C0262CA

In the matter of Malaky Ali Maurice Taylor of Mattapan, MA NOTICE OF PETITION FOR CHANGE OF NAME To all persons interested in a petition described: A petition has been presented by Jessica L. Lewis requesting that Malaky Ali Maurice Taylor be allowed to change his name as follows: Malaky Ali Lewis IF YOU DESIRE TO OBJECT THERETO, YOU OR YOUR ATTORNEY MUST FILE A WRITTEN APPEARANCE IN SAID COURT AT BOSTON ON OR BEFORE TEN O’CLOCK IN THE MORNING (10:00 AM) ON 08/14/2014.

WITNESS, HON. Joan P. Armstrong, First Justice of this Court.

Date: July 15, 2014 Ann Marie Passanisi Register of Probate Commonwealth of Massachusetts The Trial Court Probate and Family Court Department SUFFOLK Division

Docket No. SU13C0388CA In the matter of Rosemarie LeBlanc Ellis of Roxbury Crossing, MA

NOTICE OF PETITION FOR CHANGE OF NAME To all persons interested in a petition described:

Commonwealth of Massachusetts The Trial Court Probate and Family Court Department SUFFOLK Division

Docket No. SU14P1627EA

Citation on Petition for Formal Adjudication Estate of Anna B Lanza Date of Death: 05/20/2014 To all interested persons: A petition has been filed by Paul T Lanza of Milton, MA requesting that the Court enter a formal Decree and Order of testacy and for such other relief as requested in the Petition. And also requesting that Paul T Lanza of Milton, MA be appointed as Personal Representative(s) of said estate to serve Without Surety on the bond.

You have the right to obtain a copy of the Petition from the Petitioner or at the Court. You have a right to object to this proceeding. To do so, you or your attorney must file a written appearance and objection at this Court before 10:00 a.m. on 08/07/2014. This is NOT a hearing date, but a deadline by which you must file a written appearance and objection if you object to this proceeding. If you fail to file a timely written appearance and objection followed by an Affidavit of Objections within thirty (30) days of the return date, action may be taken without further notice to you.

The estate is being administered under formal procedure by the Personal Representative under the Massachusetts Uniform Probate Code without supervision by the Court. Inventory and accounts are not required to be filed with the Court, but recipients are entitled to notice regarding the administration from the Personal Representative and can petition the Court in any matter relating to the estate, including distribution of assets and expenses of administration.

WITNESS, HON. Joan P. Armstrong, First Justice of this Court.

Date: July 07, 2014 Ann Marie Passanisi Register of Probate Commonwealth of Massachusetts The Trial Court Probate and Family Court Department SUFFOLK Division

Docket No. NO14D0859DR

Divorce Summons by Publication and Mailing Shivon Cesar

vs.

Anderson Cesar

To the Defendant: The Plaintiff has filed a Complaint for Divorce requesting that the Court grant a divorce for irretrievable breakdown.

The Complaint is on file at the Court.

An Automatic Restraining Order has been entered in this matter preventing you from taking any action which would negatively impact the current financial status of either party. SEE Supplemental Probate Court Rule 411.

You are hereby summoned and required to serve upon: Morjieta K. Derisier, Esq., Law Office of Morjieta K Derisier, PO Box 260810, Mattapan, MA 02126 your answer, if any, on or before 9/25/2014. If you fail to do so, the court will proceed to the hearing and adjudication of this action. You are also required to file a copy of your answer, if any, in the office of the Register of this Court.

Witness, Hon. John D Casey, First Justice of this Court.

Date: July 8, 2014 Patrick W. McDermott Register of Probate Commonwealth of Massachusetts The Trial Court Probate and Family Court Department SUFFOLK Division

Docket No. SU14C0197CA

In the matter of TaShayla Sharra Norman of Roxbury, MA NOTICE OF PETITION FOR CHANGE OF NAME To all persons interested in a petition described: A petition has been presented by Trilanea Henderson requesting that TaShayla Sharra Norman be allowed to change her name as follows:

A petition has been presented by Rosemarie L. Ellis requesting that Rosemarie LeBlanc Ellis be allowed to change her name as follows: Rosemarie DeNucci LeBlanc IF YOU DESIRE TO OBJECT THERETO, YOU OR YOUR ATTORNEY MUST FILE A WRITTEN APPEARANCE IN SAID COURT AT BOSTON ON OR BEFORE TEN O’CLOCK IN THE MORNING (10:00 AM) ON 08/14/2014.

WITNESS, HON. Joan P. Armstrong, First Justice of this Court.

Date: July 11, 2014 Ann Marie Passanisi Register of Probate

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